Folic acid - mandatory fortification may be unnecessary

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 06:00 in Health & Medicine

Persistently present levels of unmetabolised folic acid found in the population indicate that introducing mandatory food fortification may result in an 'overdosing' effect. A study of blood donors, new mothers and babies, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, has found that most already get enough folic acid from voluntarily fortified foods...

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