Thursday, March 28, 2024

 The bread and pasta here and there are different. They do not "fortify" their wheat products.


Here, we put folic acid in everything (this is one problem among many):

"Folic acid is a synthetic form of vitamin B9 that’s also known as pteroylmonoglutamic acid.

It’s used in supplements and added to processed food products, such as flour and breakfast cereals.

Unlike folate, not all of the folic acid you consume is converted into the active form of vitamin B9 — 5-MTHF — in your digestive system. Instead, it needs to be converted in your liver or other tissues (6Trusted Source).

Yet, this process is slow and inefficient in some people. After taking a folic acid supplement, it takes time for your body to convert all of it to 5-MTHF (7Trusted Source).

Even a small dose, such as 200 to 400 mcg per day, may not be completely metabolized until the next dose is taken. This problem may become worse when fortified foods are consumed in addition to taking folic acid supplements (8Trusted Source, 9Trusted Source).

As a result, unmetabolized folic acid is commonly detected in people’s bloodstreams, even in the fasted state (10Trusted Source, 11Trusted Source, 12Trusted Source).

This is a cause for concern, as high levels of unmetabolized folic acid have been associated with several health problems.




Most of our food here is deemed unfit for animal consumption in the rest of the developed world, and our premium organic stuff is barely the quality of standard fare elsewhere.
It's the corn syrups, estrogen, and plastics in everything from our drinking water to health foods on top of nearly everything being modified both genetically and naturally to be higher flavor/calorie and lower satiety/nutritious. 

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