Posted on 03/30/2026 1:38:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing that other Latina mothers might finally avoid the same pain. n January, California became the first state to require food makers to add folic acid, a crucial vitamin, to corn masa flour used to make tortillas and other traditional foods widely used in her community.
It’s a long-delayed move aimed at reducing Hispanic infants’ disproportionately high rates of serious conditions called neural tube defects, which claimed Lopez’s son, Gabriel Cude, when he was 10 days old. “It’s such a small effort for such a tremendous impact,” said Lopez, 44, who lives in Bakersfield and is now a lawyer with two young daughters. “There is very little that I wouldn’t do to spare anybody this heartache.”
A similar law takes effect in Alabama in June, and legislation is pending or being considered in Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma and Oregon. Four more states — Texas, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — have expressed “active interest” in the issue, according to the Food Fortification Initiative, an advocacy group that focuses on addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
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That is a great deal—well done!, and I know beans can be combined in all kinds of delicious soups. So I get that part of your drift, but I’m really trying to figure out whether they are just chickpeas, or some other kind of beans, mixed beans, whatever.
Just Chick Peas. I also buy Pintos, Small Reds, and Lentils in bulk. Super-cheap. I buy my bread-tortilla-bagels-pizza flour in 50# bags. A bag lasts us six months.
That is so efficient! I’ll have to look into that. There are several staple foods that I like to fix all the time. Thanks for the idea!
So another stupid law that must pass if “it saves just one child.”
What has killed more children? Lack of folic acid in tortillas, or illegal aliens?
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That’s if your kidneys are functional.😳
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