tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post8571075167985725543..comments2024-03-27T06:52:45.545-04:00Comments on Bayblab: Side effects of 'healthy' eatingKamelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548259062576527751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-80079379296429270172007-01-08T22:39:00.000-05:002007-01-08T22:39:00.000-05:00No, I agree, but there's a big difference between ...No, I agree, but there's a big difference between 100% heathy babies and 90% healthy babies, 10% with birth defects (i.e. people having healthy babies and people having healthy babies with an increased rate of defects.) <br /><br />In the article they say that rates of birth defects decline considerably in the 90s which they believe is because of a push of folate by the government at that time. Folate is important for neural tube development and the fact remains that pretty much any public health entity suggests that women of childbearing age consume adequate folate, even if not pregnant. So necessary, perhaps not, but beneficial, yes. <br /><br />It's sort of like vitamin D enriched milk. People got by just fine without enriched milk, but now it's pretty much impossible to find milk that isn't. Sure, we survived healthily for centuries without it, but I'd be willing to bet that the incidence of rickets has gone down since the practice started.Kamelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548259062576527751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-51548038499640058192007-01-08T15:54:00.000-05:002007-01-08T15:54:00.000-05:00The fact that humans have managed to give birth to...The fact that humans have managed to give birth to healthy babies for almost our entire history, even before "enriched" processed grains were around, I think would strongly suggest that the "enriched" levels of folate are unecessary.Baymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436172198266062229noreply@blogger.com