Food producers in Northern Ireland will have to add folic acid to non-wholemeal flour by law from 2026. The Department of ...

Folic acid is to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour in the UK to help prevent birth defects. Adding folic acid to flour ...

Referred to as folic acid or folate, this essential B vitamin stimulates cell development, facilitates DNA synthesis, and assists in producing red blood cells. It is notably important for pregnant ...

Nurses have been urged to continue to promote the importance of folic acid supplementations following fortification of flour.

Stormont Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said: “This approach has been adopted in over 80 countries world-wide and the benefits ...

The Department of Health has introduced legislation that will see folic acid added to non-wholemeal flour in Northern Ireland ...

Folic acid is to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour in the UK to help prevent birth defects. Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of neural tube defects, such as spina ...

Consult your doctor before breastfeeding. If your brand of multivitamin also contains folic acid, be sure to tell your doctor or pharmacist if you take certain anti-seizure drugs (such as ...

A new law will see flour boosted with folic acid to protect hundreds of babies against serious disabilities every year in ...

THE daily dietary requirement for folic acid is unknown, as is the minimal dose of folic acid that will induce hematologic response in a patient with folic acid deficiency. However, it has ...

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