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 ...

Before your body can use it, folic acid has to go through several metabolic steps to convert into L-methylfolate (5-MTHF), ...

Folic acid is making headlines with the government set to announce it will soon be added to UK flour to help prevent spinal birth defects in babies. The NHS advises women to take the B vitamin before ...

Taking a folic acid supplement is one of the most important things a woman can do during the early stages of her pregnancy because it can help prevent birth defects. A member of the B-vitamin family, ...

New research suggests folic acid and prenatal multivitamins may be linked to lower autism risk. Here’s what experts say – and ...

This year, Folic Acid Awareness Week is September 8-14. This is a great time to remind people why it is important to take folic acid before and during pregnancy. We have Cristina Gonzalez from the ...

This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Folic acid is an essential nutrient you’ve likely seen on food labels or vitamin bottles — often targeting pregnant women (since it helps ...

Throughout his life, Eric Marandu has watched in bewilderment as his peers walked and went about life using their legs with ease. Though he was born with a functional pair, Eric has lived without the ...

Flour is already fortified with calcium, niacin, thiamine and iron to improve public health. The move to include folic acid ...

Folinic acid is an active form of folate, while folic acid must be converted in the body. Leucovorin (folinic acid) is prescribed for methotrexate toxicity, megaloblastic anemia, and advanced ...

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 ...

You may have also heard of folic acid being taken by pregnant women, who have long been instructed to take folic acid to prevent birth defects. But does it have any benefits for men? S Seun Adeyeye ...