Folic acid
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Editorial in the July 7 New England Journal of Medicine on the causes of birth defects suggests that encouraging the consumption of foods high in folate and the use of vitamin supplements containing folic acid and fortifying some foods with folic acid...are strategies that could capitalize on this important opportunity to prevent a serious birth defect." The editorial was written by Jose Cordere, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention