Food fortification is the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods. This article explores the benefits and what are common ...

In 2011-2012, 21.9% of the total Indian population fell below the poverty line. Considering how populated India is, 21.9% encompasses a lot of people. In 2011-2012, 21.9% of the total Indian ...

Fortifying staple foods with essential vitamins and minerals is a cheap and effective way to ensure that people have access to nutrients that may be lacking in their normal diets. These efforts have ...

ABUJA – Leading public health experts have raised the alarm over Ni­geria’s growing cardiovascular disease burden, warning that current nutrition policy de­bates—particularly proposals to fortify ...

If nutrition had a World Series, iron would never make the playoffs. Vitamin A scores home runs for preventing childhood blindness. Folic acid knocks it out of the park by preventing devastating birth ...

Legend has it that an ancient Persian physician prescribed sweet wine laced with iron filings for Jason and the Argonauts to strengthen the mythical sailors’ resistance to spears and arrows during ...

Fortifying flour with folic acid to cut birth defects may lead to a range of health problems, warn scientists. The move was approved earlier this year by the Food Standards Agency as a way to reduce ...