“Food is the best way that we can get folic acid into our communities before they’re pregnant,” Arambula told CalMatters. “Oftentimes the prenatal vitamins that we give to pregnant people ...

“Food is the best way that we can get folic acid into our communities before they’re pregnant,” Arambula told the online news site CalMatters. “Oftentimes the prenatal vitamins that we ...

Here’s our process. Folate and folic acid are different forms of vitamin B9. While there’s a distinct difference between the two, their names are often used interchangeably. There’s even a ...

More than 25 years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration required the makers of breads, cereals, pasta and rice products to fortify their goods with folic acid, a type of B vitamin ... pregnant ...