Folic Acid In Breads

Breads are going to be fortified with folic acid from today onwards. At least, that's what Sydney Morning Herald reported. Reason for that? To decrease birth defects in babies. Hmm, that's interesting and relieving enough. But what exactly is folic acid? Natural Theraphy Pages states that folic acid is a synthetic form of folate found in supplements and is added into fortified food.

Okay, is that something good or bad? I would say good since it's found in supplements and supplements, in my view, are good for health. But what does this folic acid actually do? Apparently, this SMH article stated that it is proven to decrease the risk of neural-tube defects like spina bifida in unborn children. That's something I didn't know about. Did you? But why? That's something I thought the article should have included.

According to Natural Theraphy Pages, folate helps you produce and maintain new calls, expecially during infancy or pregnancy. It also can help to make DNA and RNA and avoid changes to DNA that may bring cancer. It also said that adults and children require folate to produce normal red blood bells and prevent anaemia. It is essential for the metabolism of homocysteine and helps to keep normal levels of this amino acid in the body.

The article included folic acid being added to food products like cereal and fruit juice ... ok, now I know what I'm eating and that it's good for me because in the first place, I didn't know that it's being added into food products and now breads??? Informative, awareness, and new.

It certainly did convince me that folic acid was a good thing to consume and that adding it into food products was a wise choice. Thanks to the quote by a good source; the Director of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth, that stated that termination or a baby's birth with disability could be prevented. It links. We're talking about babies here. Surely a doctor or a scientist would do better but this looks fairly good to me.

Plus ... the folic acid mandatory fortification standard was included in the article that it was developed by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand at the request of the Food Regulation Ministerial Council which consists of federal, state and territory health and food ministers. That's convinced me a little with some proof of standards produced by an association that shows of high intergrity.

Surely, it'd be better if examples that these fortification done to these food products have had some effect on some individuals who have tried eating it. Research is still research. It won't be proven to other people if other people have not seen it happen before.

Better quotes could be included, say ... the Health Minister? Or probably doctors?

Or maybe more videos that this method has been proven. Besides, people believe more in seeing than reading. Reading could be fake. But if it's shown on screen, people may believe it more. I'm not saying that it's all a lie. Information could be found more on the net through yahoo or google search engines. The modern era may be a little lazy these days. Clicking on links or buttons is so much easier these days.

However, it still works as news. I'm just saying more could be added to it convince more people. Health is so vital. To get a person to actually believe in it, stronger quotes and stronger multimedia products would get a person getting involved in it, believing in something new. Those are the characteristics of humans.

I still learn something new out of this news. That's something no news has ever reported before, I believe so. Maybe it's health and people don't really write much of health these days which is sad and dissapointing. Health is so vital. People need to be aware of that and more journalists need to be writing more articles on health more into depth and not short and simplistic ones.

Article Analyzed: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/folic-acid-in-a-loaf-near-you-20090912-flht.html