Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid

https://apnews.com/article/folic-acid-birth-defect-latino-corn-tortilla-13bad611bd3cc590d0e098635791eb04

by 1659447091 • 4 months ago

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xvxvx• 4 months ago

Why is forcing everyone to consume something man-made a better idea than educating a specific ethnicity of women who are sexually active to look out for their own health? What if a man wants to eat corn tortillas without added crap in California?

nargek• 4 months ago

Stop whining against public health and a bit of vitamin B9 in your tortillas

niles• 4 months ago

Maybe consider this is not good for all

https://www.cdc.gov/folic-acid/data-research/mthfr/index.htm...

tenuousemphasis• 4 months ago

Someone didn't bother reading the article before getting uppity. It's literally on the second page.

For nearly 30 years, folic acid, a key B vitamin, has been required to be added to enriched wheat and white breads, cereals and pastas in the U.S.
Decades of research show the 1998 requirement cut rates of serious defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly by about 30%, preventing about 1,300 cases a year. It is regarded as one of the top public health triumphs of the 20th century.
But corn masa flour, a staple used in Latino diets, was left out of the original fortification requirement — and rates of conditions such as spina bifida and anencephaly in that community have remained stubbornly high.

Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid

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