Food is medicine: The science behind folic acid
Folic acid is critical for prenatal care, according to experts, and research has suggested its supplementation could also offer benefits in some other areas of health.Folic acid is a form of folate — a B vitamin — that can be found in fortified foods as well as in dietary supplements, Jaime Gahche, PhD, MPH, director of the Population Studies Program at NIH’s Office of Dietary