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Folic Acid.

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kircubbin2000 Tue 07-Jul-26 22:05:06

The media have been making a big fuss about the fact that folic acid is now in all flour. I went out to the freezer and its in lots of other things like pizzas sausage rolls ready meals etc. Do you think we should worry about this?
There doesn't seem to be a way to avoid it.

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Jaxjacky Tue 07-Jul-26 22:18:06

Not bothered at all, it’s good for you in those sort of doses and naturally in leafy greens.
I’ve not see anything in the media?

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valdali Tue 07-Jul-26 22:24:55

Maybe it's because it's an important vitamin in early pregnancy. Putting it in flour presumably means that most pregnant women, even if their pregnancy's unplanned, will get the vitamin this way (unless they have coeliac disease I suppose).

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crazyH Tue 07-Jul-26 22:42:32

My last blood test showed low folic acid . So I was prescribed a 3 month course, which I duly took.
I have to book another blood test soon, to evaluate the results.
Btw I am far from young. In fact I’m a grandmother. I thought my diet was pretty good, but there you go !

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Grantanow Tue 07-Jul-26 23:31:48

I take prescribed folic acid. Ignore media nonsense.

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