You may not think the crunchy blue fruity cereal wheels your children beg you to buy for breakfast will provide much nutritional value, but fortifying them and other foods with folic acid is now a reality.
Milk is also a moderate source of folate.
Folic acid deficiency is associated with several health problems. The following is a list of disorders that are caused by or associated with folic acid deficiency. Dementia and cognitive impairment have been associated with both folate and vitamin B12 deficiency. Elderly patients with low serum folate and vitamin B12 levels scored lower on memory tests. Alzheimer's dementia patients have lower serum folate levels.