Pharmaceutical, dietary supplement and food ingredient companies are engaged in identifying and evaluating various substances for their ability to boost the immune system.
Today’s consumers are demanding “better-for-you” products, and fortified beverages are one way to provide them. Fortification of food products is done, in essence, to satisfy a deficiency.
In a new study of California moms, women whose children had autism recalled getting less folic acid through food and supplements early in their pregnancies than those whose kids did not develop the disorder.