If you've ever noticed the label on your cereal box that says your food has been 'fortified', there's a good chance it has folic acid in it. In fact, since 1998, the Food and Drug Administration made ...

As the UK adds folic acid to supermarket bread, a nutritionist examines whether TikTok health fears are backed by evidence.

Folic acid, also known as B9, is a water-soluble vitamin belonging to the folate group. Necessary for human survival, it is an essential nutrient that the body cannot produce on its own, nor can it ...

Prenatal care is essential for the health of expectant mothers and newborns alike. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office on Women's Health notes that babies of mothers who don't get ...

Folate is part of the B vitamins group, including B-6, B-12, and B-9, which help your body produce red blood cells and derive energy from food. Folic acid is the synthetic form of vitamin B-9 used in ...

I remember first learning about folic acid maybe 15 years ago in school. Unless you were a chemist "folic acid" and "folate" were pretty much interchangeable words – except that folate was the form of ...