New statistics show that efforts to reduce birth defects by making sure women get enough folic acid are working. CBS News health correspondent Dr. Emily Senay talks with the Early Show about this ...

Food fortification is an important strategy in public health policy for controlling micronutrient malnutrition and a major contributing factor in the eradication of micronutrients’ deficiencies.

You can eat foods high in folate, such as leafy greens, legumes, and fruits, to raise folate levels. People also consume folate in the form of folic acid, which is ...

In a recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers at the University of Cambridge assessed pre-fortification United Kingdom (UK) folate trends (2008-2019), ...

Kale is a good source of folate (vitamin B9), but other foods contain as much or even more of the nutrient. Most people need about 400 micrograms (mcg) of folate daily to make healthy cells and ...

Although low levels of folate leads to disturbances in DNA replication, DNA methylation and DNA repair, the association between dietary folate intake and head and neck cancer (HNC) risk remains ...

DALLAS, May 3 – For the first time, high dietary folate was found to decrease the incidence of stroke, according to a 20-year study reported in today’s Stroke: Journal of the American Heart ...

High dietary folate may decrease the incidence of stroke, according to a 20-year study reported in a recent edition of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers found that people ...

Arlington, VA - A new study suggests that folate supplementation in the food supply, mandated in 1998 by the US government to prevent neural tube defects, has had the added benefit of increased folate ...