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Interesting. Not sure I’m keen on more additives in my food all the same, thanks. Would rather take a supplement during pregnancy.
People are often trying to cut out or cut back on bread. So many gluten allergies too.
@Ann Experiment: especially as it increases breast cancer occurrences
@john Appleseed: you got a reference for that?
@Ann Experiment: was just going to say…..I don’t eat bread at all. Dunno how that would benefit me. I just hope if I ever fall pregnant I show symptoms of such and then I would know and make the choice to add folic acid to my diet myself.
@Ann Experiment: the neural tube forms and closes by the 28th day after conception (note conception not implantation in case there’s any confusion) and many women have barely realised they are pregnant at that point. Unless you’re trying to achieve a pregnancy, in which case you’re probably already taking folic acid.
@Ann Experiment: Folic acid should be taken prior to conception for the best outcome re neural tube defects
@Ann Experiment: Reading these comments is so disheartening.
Everyone entitled to opinion but medical fact is not a mater of taste.
Folic Acid is Vitamin B, not an additive; Ireland has among highest rate of Neural Tube Defects (baby born with spinal cord outside the body) in Europe and taking during pregnancy is too late to prevent this , has to be taken before.
Obviously senator Noone has been briefed on this by scientists and adding Vitamin B to flour, as done in other countries has been shown to reduce this devastating birth defect.
Please do some reading before broadcasting an unhelpful comment.
@Ciaran M: Facebook told me… no seriously that are recent studies linking increased folic acid and breast cancer. Take folic acid if you are engaging in unprotected sex but I’m very much against being force fed vitamins for no reason.
Makes sense.
We add fluoride to water and this has resulted in people actually having teeth left in their head beyond 50.
@Brinster:
Anyone worried about additives, there are already several being added to a standard white pan – ingredients here –
@Brinster: It amazing how palm oil was sneaked into daily bread very quietly. I think a bread machine is a good investment.
@Brinster: its lead to an awfull lot more than that… most countries in Europe banned the practice on health grounds. The fluoride benifits on teeth is through topical use not ingestion.
@dB O’Neill: Flat out lie. Most EU countries have bit banned it on health grounds. You legally just made up a lie. Please link to this utter nonsense.
@Brinster: fluoride is a neurotoxin !
@John Judd:
And adding it to water is mass medication and ethically questionable.
@dB O’Neill: most countries have not banned. That’s an outright lie. Multiple countries utilise multiple ways of getting the max fluoride benefit. Some have a naturally occuring optimum level like denmark, some add it to flour and salt, some five yearly dental rinses and some put it in bottled water – the best method is considered adjusting the water supply like we do here.
@John Judd: so is water, you’d have to drink a swimming pool of water in one sitting to get a neurotoxin effect, you would die of water toxicity first
@Fran Lonergan: multiple ethical bodies have looked at this question and found it to be ethical and not mass medicaton. Fluoride is not a medicine, it is a naturally occurring mineral that is adjusted up or down to give optimum dental effect. There is a town in limerick where they dont have to do anything cause it is naturally at that level
Or…. People could just start eating their greens and beans! They reaffy need to put more of an effort into educating people on nutrition. It should be a stand alone secondary school class. Might save a bit on the health bill down the road.
@Susannah O’Brien: Oh dear. I meant “really”, haven’t a clue what “reaffy” means!
@Susannah O’Brien: North Korea is rearry reaffy in the autumn.
@Sshh I’m Undercover: Well played Sir, you made me lol!
@Susannah O’Brien: Then my work here is done. So long Susannah, I must go now and spread joy to others x
Adding it to bread? Sure why not add it to Mars bars while they’re at it.
@Presuming Ed:
Probably because the consumption of bread is greater than the consumption of mars bars in the target demographic.
@Nick Allen: What target you are talking about ?
@cortisola:
Women who are sexually active and of child bearing age. I though that was fairly obvious considering the content of the article.
Yeah, but then you’ll get conspiracy theorists whinging about the ‘gubberment poisoning our bread!!!’.
@Malachi: They’re turning the friggin frogs gay!
@Malachi: The weed killer used to ripen the wheat is already in the bread…
I covered this subject in my dissertation on seaweed in 2015, 81 countries globally all ready madate flour fortification to prevent neural tube defects in its citzens. To date, over 38K children have been born annually without defects or 105 healthier babies daily thanks to this initiative. This report was issued in 2008. Government please wake up and do it!
Shouldn’t be wrong white bread or brown bread anyway. Maybe educate people on correct macro and micro nutrition and simply stay away (as best as possible) from any processed foods. Shimples!!!
@Paul Mc Manus: eating white bread…..* Lol
The irony of it all. Adding a vitamin to an unhealthy food source does not make it healthy. Its like fitting a new set of alloy wheels to a crashed car.
@Gearóid Ó Brádaigh: People don’t realise that vitamins and minerals need each other to be absorbed used and stored in the body.
There is no use doing this if the same women drink alcohol flushing water soluble vitamins out of their bodies…
https://www.livestrong.com/article/408171-signs-symptoms-of-having-too-much-folic-acid-in-your-body/
What about people who eat too much bread or children who eat too much bread???
Tayto sandwiches will never be the same again
But what about the women who are celiac? To add anything to food it would want to be helping a lot more people than this would help. Serious issue of not understanding scale
@Kal Ipers:
Not understanding scale? Coeliac incidence is 1%. So if they introduce this measure they will cover 99% of the female population who eat bread. Yeah, no idea of scale whatsoever. LOL
@Kal Ipers: People with coeliac disease can have problems absorbing folic acid so I’d imagine – like diabetics who need to make changes in their diet/regime before conceiving – they’d be advised to speak to their doctors before trying to conceive.
And viagara into vodka too please x
Add it to cheap cider to target potential demographic ;)
And have these undoubted geniuses ever thought what happens to men, who don’t have babies, long term as a result?
Nowadays men can have babies apparently. You just have to identify yourself as what you like and use what biology you have to do what you want. If you don’t agree you’re a fascist bigot and will be incarcerated and re-educated in this new scary world.
@Anthony Halpin: No! They didn’t think of men at ALL! They forgot about the other gender!
I’ve looked it up on the interweb and apparently if they do this, long term all men will DIE INSTANTLY!
These geniuses will actually end the human race.
Or they would have before YOU – ANTHONY HALPIN – SAVED THE WORLD!!!!!
@Patrick J. O’Rourke: not that scary Patrick. Try broadening your mind a bit. There’s a whole diverse world out there. Try living a bit.
@Brinster: Well we have enough young lads taking on female characteristics as it is I would have thought.
@Anthony Halpin: Hey Anthony, your degree in Biology specifically researching/studying of Endocrine Disruptors is really showing through here
Bread should just be bread!
Month’s supply of Folic acid tablets cost about €2. Take one a day with your sliced pan. I am Pro Choice !
It doesn’t fully prevent neural tubal defects either. I was taking my folic acid for years and lost a baby to a neural tubal defect. I felt so patronised by the doctor asking me why I wasn’t taking my folic acid when I had been for years and as I was trying for a baby too, was more aware to take it every single day. It certainly helps but doesn’t totally prevent anything and we need to remember that.
Just label the bread so that the rest will know, And leave the choice!!
When a friend of mine was pregnant in Germany she tried several places for folic acid – nobody had a clue what she was on about. Leave our foods alone. Its hard enough to get natural foods without additives.
“Let medicine be thy food?”. What next? Statins and Asprin being added as well?
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