Article: Folic acid intake from fortification in United States exceeds predictions

Article: STUDY SAYS FOLIC ACID FORTIFICATION OF CORN MASA ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... flour products could increase folic acid intake by nearly 20 percent for Mexican ... especially Hispanic women, make folic acid intake part of a daily routine. Overall ... corn masa flour to the usual folic acid intake for the U.S. population ...

Article: National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition and Wyeth ...
PR Newswire;  May 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... company that first isolated and synthesized folic acid, recently expressed concern over the ... aware that they may not be getting enough folic acid through these types of diets," said ... current chair of the National Council on Folic Acid. "We encourage all Americans, especially ...

Article: Low-carb diets and folic acid intake.(Drugs, ...
OB GYN News;  August 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... to ensure that their intake of folic acid is adequate. When concerns over ... carbohydrate diets could have on folic acid intake were publicized in Canada, we ... missing out on the benefits of folic acid-fortified grains, because they ...

Article: Vitamin sense. (the Institute of Medicine recommends that adults ...
U.S. News & World Report;  April 20, 1998 ;     581 words ... ... women above age 14 increase their folic acid intake to 400 micrograms a day. Pregnant women need 600 micrograms daily. Folic acid and other B-complex vitamins ... added bonus is that increasing folic acid may also reduce the risk of cardiovascular ...

Article: Letters [The Impact of food fortification on folic ...
Canadian Journal of Public Health;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Impact of Food Fortification on Folic Acid Intake in Canada Dear Editor: Re ... serum folate concentration and folic acid intake.2 A literature review identified ... impact of food fortification on folic acid intake in the United States. Amj Clin ...

Article: Higher folic acid intake related to reduced ...
Dynamic Chiropractic;  July 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... surveyed for dietary intake of folic acid at baseline using a 24-- hour ... This study showed that higher folic acid intake was associated with a significant ... events. The preventive role of folic acid has been associated with homocysteine ...

Article: Women's risk of heart disease could be cut by increased vitamin ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... well as women, should boost their folic acid and B6 intakes to protect against ... and hardening of the arteries. Folic acid and B6 work to reduce high levels ... risk. Nurses who had both high folic acid intake and moderate alcohol consumption ...