Dr Miriam Stoppard's Health Focus: Folic Acid: Turn over a new leaf;...

The Mirror (London, England);  August 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Stoppard WE'VE known for decades that folic acid - one of the B vitamins - prevents anaemia...pregnant should take 400 micrograms of folic acid every day, starting three months before...continue right through pregnancy. But folic acid has many more benefits for all of us...

Health Watch: Why Men need Folic Acid.(Female Times)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  July 3, 2002 ;     346 words ...Folic Acid has long been associated with women's health...study involving 10,000 subjects suggests that folic acid could reduce the risk of a stroke by 20 per cent. But where can we find folic acid? Clare Parry Billings, Director, Institute...

Folic Acid in Food Raises Some Eyebrows

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 4, 1996 ;     700+ words ......heart-disease-related deaths annually? There is. It's called folic acid, and it's coming to a loaf of bread near you...federal regulators haven't decided how much folic acid you'll get in your bread. Folic acid (or folacin) is a water-soluble B vitamin...

Is folic acid hazardous to your health?

Original Internist;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Folic acid has been getting a lot of press coverage. There are many reports that folic acid should be taken by pregnant women and may prevent birth defects. Folic acid has also been reported to help prevent cardio- and cerebral-vascular diseases...

M2: CHEW IT OVER: Steam in with the veg for share of folic acid.(Features)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  February 4, 2003 ;     328 words ...Byline: SAM CHURCH Q I've heard that folic acid is important for pregnant women, but do men need it too? A YES, folic acid is an important vitamin for both...production of healthy red blood cells. Folic acid is especially important for women...

Folic acid: once overlooked, now a nutrient on the brink of stardom.

Environmental Nutrition;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......of January 1, manufacturers must add folic acid to all enriched products, including flour...meal, farina, rice, pasta and noodles. Folic acid joins fellow B vitamins, thiamin, riboflavin...wheat products for over 50 years. (Note: Folic acid is the form of the vitamin found most...

New Rules Require More Folic Acid in Grain Foods

The Washington Post;  January 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ......getting more of an important ingredient: folic acid. Since Jan. 1, food manufacturers have...fortify these and many other products with folic acid, one of the B vitamins, which plays an...in the United States don't have enough folic acid," said Godfrey Oakley, director of the...

FOLIC ACID: THE GREAT PROTECTOR.

Health Products Business;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Folic acid: it's the quiet vitamin. The one you've...swiftly cease to function properly Without folic acid, we could succumb to myriad illnesses...difference between wellness and poor health. Folic acid deficiency is the most common vitamin...

Folic acid dilemma: one vitamin may impair cognition if another is...

Science News;  January 13, 2007 ;     551 words ...The nutrient folic acid is generally good for brain health...the vitamin inefficiently. Intake of folic acid, or folate, is higher in the United...fortification policy exists because folic acid, when consumed by women around the...

March of Dimes hosts folic acid breakfast at N.C. State

University Wire;  April 13, 2005 ;     659 words ......Technician) (U-WIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. -- Folic acid is an essential B-vitamin that has quickly...Dimes Collegiate Council is hosting a Folic Acid Breakfast on Wednesday at North Carolina...students about the importance of adding folic acid to their diets. Members of this council...

Folic Acid Action Raises Concerns Over the FSA's Line on Folic Acid...

PR Newswire Europe;  February 27, 2008 ;     572 words ...LONDON, February 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Folic Acid Action (FAA)(1) is challenging concerns...about the risk of excessive intake of folic acid, amid fears that it may stop women planning...trying to conceive must take additional folic acid and says that current advice on this...

It's 'B' kind to fetal-development week; Campaign promotes folic acid's...

The Washington Times;  January 25, 2005 ;     440 words ......Baillot, THE WASHINGTON TIMES National Folic Acid Awareness Week - the nation's first...the vitamin. The National Council on Folic Acid - a partnership of more than 80 national organizations, state folic acid councils and government agencies aiming...

Folic Acid, Begin The Habit For Life Early

Tennessee TRIBUNE, The;  July 25, 2001 ;     559 words ...Tennessee TRIBUNE, The 07-25-2001 Folic Acid, Begin The Habit For Life Early...women are aware that taking the B vitamin folic acid can greatly reduce their risk of having...are still unaware. theft, in order for folic acid to be effective, it must be taken before...

Adding folic acid to all our diets is a recipe for disaster.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......DAVID SMITH FORTIFYING all flour with folic acid is potentially a national healthdisaster. Folic acid is the synthetic version of the B vitamin...memoryproblems. There is no question that folic acid is important. Pregnant women who don't...

More folic acid added to grain-based foods

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 15, 1998 ;     540 words ......getting more of an important ingredient: folic acid. Since Jan. 1, food manufacturers have...fortify these and many other products with folic acid, one of the B vitamins, which plays an...in the United States don't have enough folic acid," said Godfrey Oakley, director of the...