Folic acid fortification
Posted inNutrition

Folic acid fortification, friend or foe?

3 minute read - fact checked ✓ I wanted to share my thoughts regarding the UK Government’s recent announcement to fortify flour with folic acid (1), also known as vitamin B9, discussing arguments for and against the measure. But first, I would like to lay down a disclaimer, by saying that the contents you will read below, although fact-checked and accurate, is not intended as medical or nutritional advice, and so therefore you should still follow the recommended advice of the UK Government or your…......
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Nutritonal genomics
Posted inGenomics Nutrition

Future insights on nutritional genomics

Approx reading time 8 mins - Fact checked ✔️ Diagram showing the relationship between nutrition and gene expression The pathogenesis of chronic disease appears to be a complex, multi-factorial and individual interplay between genetics, environmental, lifestyle and dietary interactions (1), influencing epigenetic gene expression (2).  Darwin proposed that natural selection depended on variation, genetic heritability and the adaptation premise, with the ability to adapt dependent on evolutionary fitness and reproductive success, with the view to pass on genetic information to successive generations (3), while evolutionary biology identified three major…......
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