Folic acid wheat risks
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Folic acid in flour: Protecting pregnancies, but at what cost to men?

5 min read - fact checked In a past BLOGPOST on the September 2024, I wrote about my concerns regarding the UK Government's decision to fortify non-wholemeal flour with synthetic Vitamin B9 (aka Folic acid). As from December 2026, UK regulations will require non-wholemeal wheat flour to be fortified with 250µg of synthetic folic acid (Vitamin B9) per 100 g of flour (1). The main public health rationale is to reduce neural tube defects such as spina bifida, which develops very early during pregnancy (fig.…......
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Blood pressure
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Client significantly reduces blood pressure

Human authored, 5 min read - fact checked High blood pressure (hypertension) is one of the most important modifiable cardiovascular and brain-health risk factors. In England, around 30% of adults aged 16+ had hypertension in 2024, rising to around 70% among those aged 75+ (1), while the WHO estimates that 34% of UK adults aged 30–79 have hypertension, with only around 35% controlled (2). Gibraltar's GHA data similarly identifies hypertension as a major cardiovascular risk factor; an analysis of 21,448 patient records found 3,564 people…......
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