Folic Acid in Food

Our food contains all the essential vitamins, nutrients and energy our bodies require in addition to sunlight and air. Amazing that something we take for granted can contain dozens of different molecules utilized by the human body. Often it tastes pretty good too. Folic acid is one of these vital vitamins. It is involved in the replication of DNA and RNA. It helps to keep levels of homocysteine down in our blood, which in turn is thought to help reduce the risks of cardiovascular diseases, and different kinds of dementia. And because folic acid is used in the DNA replication process its of great importance in the prevention of certain kinds of birth defects. As such there are governments around the world that require the fortification of foods with folic acid. The Un View the rest of this article