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Folic acid is not folate

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Baggs Wed 14-Oct-26 16:13:57

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Explanation by Dr Clare Craig.

Because adding folic acid to flour (and thereby huge numbers of foods made with flour) is not a good idea for health reasons. Clare Craig goes into those reasons elsewhere. Plenty to be found on X.

And for ethical reasons it is wrong to medicate a whole population when only small numbers of people need the drug.

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Cossy Wed 14-Oct-26 17:03:06

I see no difference with this than having fluoride added to water and other minerals and supplements added to many many other foods.

It’s extremely unlikely to damage any of us, unlike using over the counter supplements/vitamins/minerals where some people do damage themselves.

We are all at liberty to choose to eat “raw clean” foods or grow our own food.

Folic acid is simply a man made version of folate and extremely unlikely to actually damage anyone.

I accept that this particular doctor has her own theories, however this happens frequently.

Remember the MMR vaccine and the alleged link to autism? Caused untold damage.

Ironically I chose not give my children the MMR because my oldest DS had a history of fits when very very small.

Then DD1 was diagnosed with autism, years after NOT receiving the MMR.

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