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In the U.S. and Canada, they added folic acid to foods like bread and cereal, and many women also take vitamins with folic acid—so now a lot of women are getting more than the safe upper limit, and doctors are worried this might cause hidden health problems.
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This study says that too much folic acid—especially from fortified foods and pills—can build up in the body and cause health problems, which is exactly what the claim is worried about.
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