Folic Acid Fortification: Why The New UK Law Will Wreak Havoc With Our Health.

This year folic acid is being added to all non-wholemeal wheat flour by law. The given intention is to reduce neural tube defects such as spina bifida by ensuring that women of childbearing age consume enough folate; however, from traditionally recommending folate supplementation to pregnant women, the government has now taken a step further: folic acid will be in the food supply automatically. Let me explain why this is a very bad idea.

This change doesn’t affect only women of childbearing age. It affects everyone.

Every person who eats supermarket bread, pastries, pasta, biscuits and processed foods made from white flour will now consume synthetic folic acid as part of their diet, whether they need it, want it, or can metabolise it properly. And the implications are huge.