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Marrrta [24]
3 years ago
15

The current level of folic acid fortification of grain products leads to an intake of about 100 extra micrograms of folic acid p

er day. why doesn't the fortification program mandate higher levels of folic acid to more effectively meet requirements?
Biology
2 answers:
Nadya [2.5K]3 years ago
3 0
Folic acid is part of vitamin B complex. Lipid-soluble vitamins like A, D, E, K will be stored in the fat cells. But vitamin B and C are water-soluble vitamins that could not be stored. Only a number of the vitamin is used and the excess will be secreted, so there is no reason to have higher consumption. 
stiv31 [10]3 years ago
3 0

The fortification program does not mandate higher levels of folic acid because <u>Increased intake of folic acid causes an increase in concentrations of natural folic acid and folic acid that is not metabolized. High blood folic acid concentrations can reduce the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells, and high folate status can reduce the response to drugs used to treat malaria, arthritis, psoriasis, and cancer, as well as a combination of high folate levels and low vitamin B-12 status, can be associated with an increased risk of cognitive damage and anemia in the elderly and in pregnant women, with an increased risk of insulin resistance and obesity in their children. Therefore, too high intake of folic acid due to fortification can be dangerous for more people than policies designed to help.</u>

<h2>Further explanation </h2>

Fortification is the process of adding micronutrients to food. This may be purely a commercial choice for providing extra nutrition in food, while at the same time there is a public health policy aimed at reducing the number of people with poor nutrition in the population.

While it is true that both fortification and enrichment refer to the addition of food nutrients, the actual definition is slightly different as explained by WHO and FAO. Fortification refers to the practice of deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients. While enrichment is defined as identical to fortification and refers to the addition of micronutrients lost during food processing.

Food fortification was identified as the second of four WHO and FAO strategies to start reducing the incidence of malnutrition at a global level.

As outlined by FAO, the most common foods to be fortified are:

-Fat and oil

- Tea and other drinks

- Cereals and cereal-based products

- Milk and other milk products.

- Baby formula, etc.

Learn more

The fortification brainly.com/question/1856844, brainly.com/question/12844263

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Subject: Biology

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