Scanning a food label can bring a lot of questions. A question I’ve asked myself often is, “What is folic acid?”. In honour of Folic Acid Awareness Week (which leads me to believe that I’m not the only person wondering what folic acid is!), as it is birth defect prevention month—a task folic acid is a key player in—let’s take a look at figuring out what folic acid IS, exactly!

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