The requirement aims to increase folic acid consumption, particularly among pregnant women from certain demographic groups.

Tortillas sold in California are going to have a new ingredient, one that’s intended to help nurture healthy infants.

Jan. 5 through11 is National Folic Acid Awareness Week Folic acid is a B vitamin. If a woman consumes the recommended amount of folic acid before and during early pregnancy, it can help prevent some ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One study found a reduced risk for neural tube defects when folic acid was used before and during pregnancy. The ...

California now requires tortillas to be fortified with folic acid to reduce birth defects in the Latino community, where ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Folate has long been touted as an important nutrient in helping prevent birth defects, but new research confirms the importance ...

The US Food and Drug Administration began mandating folic acid fortification in 1998 but only for enriched wheat flour, rice ...

"Well over half of neural tube defects can be prevented with sufficient folic acid consumption before conception and in early pregnancy," said senior author Sandi Lam, MD, MBA, Division Head of ...

The UK Government's current proposal to fortify one type of flour with folic acid is inadequate as it suggests a low dose that would fail to prevent hundreds of cases of severe birth defects each year ...

Here, a dietitian talks us through the science behind the new policy that makes folic acid fortification mandatory in ...

Women are gaining a new tool to help fight birth defects that will be found in products on the grocery store shelves. To promote increased consumption of folic acid among women of childbearing age, ...