Putting Folic Acid into Flour is Folly – but the UK Government will do it in 2026
Dr Vernon Coleman
The UK Government is going to put folic acid into non wholemeal wheat flour at the end of 2026.
The UK Government is adding the folic acid to prevent around 200 babies being born with neural tube defects each year – something which could be prevented if pregnant women took their recommended folic acid tablets.
Folic acid does a lot of important stuff, some of it involving DNA and RNA. It’s more important than mobile phones, nail clippers or coconut ice. But if you eat a reasonably balanced diet you will almost certainly get enough of the stuff. Women who don’t have enough are at risk of having very small babies, possibly, though rarely, with neural tube defects. And, of course and inevitably, it has been alleged that folic acid deficiency may be responsible for autism spectrum disorders. The medical establishment will blame autism on anything except vaccines.
But you can, of course, have too much of a good thing. You can have too much alcohol, too much caviar, too much television and too much folic acid.
One paper has shown that high doses of folic acid taken after pre-neoplastic lesions have been established might promote cancer development and progression.
Another major study found that folic acid supplementation `significantly increased the risks of having three or more adenomas’. A third paper reported a significantly higher cancer incidence, especially of colorectal and other gastrointestinal cancers.
A meta-analysis of six randomized, controlled trials that included a total of 25,738 men found that the risk of prostate cancer was 24% higher in men receiving folic acid supplements than those taking a placebo. There’s much more solid evidence and a conclusion from the National Institutes of Health was that `It seems possible that folic acid supplementation might promote cancer development and progression. ’The National Institutes of Health concluded that: `more research is needed to fully understand how dietary folate and supplemental folic acid affect cancer risk…’
Oh, and folic acid supplementation seems associated with lower scores on several tests of cognitive development in children aged 4-5 years. And some scientists have suggested cognitive impairment among older adults.
`These potential negative health consequences are not well understood and warrant further research’ concluded the National Institutes of Health which is, of course, part of the US Government. It has also been suggested that folic acid might reduce the numbers and activity of natural killer cells, thereby affecting the immune system.
Finally, it seems that folate supplements can interact with a number of prescribed drugs. I don’t know if it will be safe with the fluoride they’re putting in the water.
Still, the authorities will no doubt assure us that there is no risk. These will, of course, be the same authorities who lied, lied and lied again about covid, lockdowns, the PCR test and the covid vaccine – and a thousand other things. The government wants to put folic acid into flour to stop pregnant women who don’t have enough folic acid in their bodies from having babies with a neural tube defect. Pregnant women, or women contemplating pregnancy, could, of course, just take `free’ folic acid tablets to prevent this happening but some can’t be bothered, presumably preferring to take the risk of having a badly deformed baby than go through the physical and mental torment of taking a pill once a day. Why would any government in its collective right mind deliberately and cold-bloodedly do something that could cause damage to the health and life of every citizen in order to protect the health of unborn children who can easily be protected if their mothers take a few pills? Either your government doesn’t know what you and I know about folic acid or they want to kill as many of us as possible.
NOTE
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Copyright Vernon Coleman June 2026
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