Women of childbearing age are urged to maintain ample amounts of folic acid in their bodies through supplementation and ...

Diets high in folate may help reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. During a nine-year study, researchers showed that older adults whose diets were high in folate reduced their risk of Alzheimer's ...

Fruit can be a delicious source of folate, a B vitamin everyone needs, especially women who could become pregnant. Folate, also known as vitamin B9, helps the body make and repair DNA, produce healthy ...

Medically reviewed by Kayla Girgen, RD Kale is a good source of folate, but certain legumes, meat, and vegetables have more per serving.Black-eyed peas, lentils, and beef liver are some of the best ...

Many staple foods are fortified with folic acid and can lead to many potential health benefits. Here's what to know about this ingredient's importance.

The move, which addresses a long-standing gap in food regulation without altering how tortillas look or taste, took effect on January 1.

A combination of vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12 and folic acid might protect women against age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, a new study finds. Women taking ...

A daily supplementation combination that included folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 had no significant effect on the overall risk of cancer, including breast cancer, among women at high risk of ...

Parents of autistic children are clamoring for a prescription vitamin promoted by federal health officials. But there's ...

A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that men who took a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily had more than twice the risk of prostate cancer compared ...