If you’re a female of childbearing age, look for a supplement that contains 400 mcg of folic acid (600 mcg if you’re pregnant, or 500 mcg if you’re breastfeeding). People with digestive ...

Folic acid is to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour ... Small-scale millers (producing less than 500 metric tonnes of flour a year) will be exempt. Flour is already fortified with calcium ...

The causes are largely unknown, but a new study points to a link involving a chromosomal microdeletion -- and also underscores the value of folic acid as a preventive ... Adding Folic Acid to ...

Periconceptional folic acid (FA) supplementation reduces the risk of neural tube defects and has been associated with ovulatory function. However, only two studies have associated supplementation ...