Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate that's added to some foods to fortify them, such as breads and cereals. Folate deficiency occurs when you have very low amounts of vitamin B9 in your body.

Currently 200 cases of debilitating defects are diagnosed in babies every year, with folic acid deficiency in their mothers ...

Currently 200 cases of debilitating defects are diagnosed in babies every year, with folic acid deficiency in their mothers ...

Forty-year-old Angmo Norbu found that even her second visit in a month to Sonam Nurboo Memorial Hospital in Leh, around 100 ...

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New regulations that will see folic acid added to all non-wholemeal flour in the UK will prevent around 200 cases of ...

Flour is already fortified with calcium, niacin, thiamine and iron to improve public health. The move to include folic acid ...

The government announced new measures this week, to help prevent conditions including spina bifida by adding folic acid to ...

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