So because some people are just stupid enough no to know that folic acid is needed for pregnant women and can be bought almost any where it will NOW be put in to corn tortillas to help those to stupid to know.
This will make the rest of us deal with possible folic acid (which is an artificial form of folate, a B vitamin.) side affects.
Will there be special non folic acid laced products for the rest of us????
I can see this affecting Mexican restaurants, taco stands and taco trucks.
And oddly I don’t remember anything like this being done for poor dumb white folks. I seem to recall poor people from the south eating balls of red Georgia clay when pregnant. What was done about that?
To those of Mexican descent, Latinos; how does it feel to be thought of by the government as being that stupid?
This just another fringe money grab and whit what we have seen in the last year most likely some kind of scam. Theft and fraud. Follow the money!
Interestingly, I just read an article by renowned cancer doc, Dr Paul Marik ...
Here’s an excerpt, regarding Folic Acid ...
For the past three decades, we have quietly conducted one of the largest, real‑world experiments in supplement pharmacology in human history: mandatory folic acid fortification, widespread high‑dose B‑vitamin use, and aggressive marketing of antioxidant “immune support” to people at risk for or living with cancer. Large randomized trials and cohort studies now suggest that, depending on dose, timing, and tumor context, some of these same agents can increase cancer incidence, accelerate progression, or blunt the effects of chemotherapy and radiation.
Folate, B12, vitamin E, selenium, NAC, CoQ10, and other antioxidant supplements occupy a strange space in oncology—they are simultaneously essential for normal physiology and plausibly harmful when layered indiscriminately on top of modern cancer care. This post matters because it steps back from simplistic “pro‑” or “anti‑supplement” narratives and instead asks the harder question that actually affects patient outcomes: when do these compounds function as allies for normal tissue, and when do they become covert allies for the tumor instead?
This post provides a review for patients anad clinicians alike on how to approach vitamins and antioxidants in patients with cancer.
Folic Acid
Folic acid (the synthetic form of folate) also known as Vitamin B9 is a water-soluble B vitamin found in leafy greens, legumes and cereals. In the US folate supplementation of flour is mandated. Even in well-nourished Western societies, routine supplementation of pregnant women with folate significantly reduces the risk of neural tube defects. Observational studies in the 1980 s suggested that a low-folate diet increased the risk of heart disease and colorectal cancer.(1) The enthusiasm for vitamin B supplementation led to studies to determine if it could reduce these diseases. Unfortunately, these studies proved harmful (high dose folate).
Folic acid has a dual relationship with cancer: adequate folate seems to help prevent cancer initiation, but high-dose folic acid may accelerate growth of existing pre‑cancerous or cancer cells.(2) This is one of the clearest examples in nutrition where dose, form, and timing fundamentally change biological effect.
Somehow I made it to over 70 years old, and to my recollection, this is the first time I've heard of this.
Or maybe I knew and forgot?
Not that it matters, looking at the list of foods that provide it, my wife and I have always gotten enough of it anyway.
Looks like if those who don't get enough varied their diet a little more they would be fine.
Constantly eating a very small group of foods can't be good for one.The government forcing an additive to food? What could possibly go wrong?