News from The Lancet, the British medical journal, that folic acid is good for you:
The folic acid group had significantly better memories and were faster at processing information, the researchers found. Both abilities are known to decline with age, and loss of performance in these areas has been linked to a higher risk of dementia in the elderly. Taking folic acid also led to a significant reduction in levels of homocysteine, a blood chemical linked both to heart disease and dementia.
A few years ago I became a modest vitamin popper – three salmon oil horse pills, a multi, a C and a folic acid. It has gotten to be such a habit I don’t think of it. I don’t know whether I agree with sliding it into the bread supply, however. Shouldn’t people have the right to be pleasantly stunned?