{"id":67459,"date":"2026-10-03T14:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T04:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67459"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T04:28:09","slug":"petition-to-remove-folic-acid-supplementaion-from-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67459","title":{"rendered":"Petition to Remove Folic Acid Supplementaion From Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Folic_Acid_Petition.jpg\" alt=\"Folic Acid Petition\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Folic_Acid_Petition.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Folic_Acid_Petition-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Folic_Acid_Petition-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am told by some sources 40% of people have the MTHFR gene mutation although that figure is disputed.<\/p>\n<p>I understand not all but many of those people do not do well with folic acid and are better off with the natural form, folate.<\/p>\n<p>Adding something to any food, let alone a staple such as bread, that is destructive to the health of some of the population seems destructive to me.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7\" href=\"https:\/\/c.org\/QGGY24vpRK\">https:\/\/c.org\/QGGY24vpRK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am told by some sources 40% of people have the MTHFR gene mutation although that figure is disputed. I understand not all but many of those people do not do well with folic acid and are better off with the natural form, folate. Adding something to any food, let alone a staple such as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67459\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Petition to Remove Folic Acid Supplementaion From Bread&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67461,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67459\/revisions\/67461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}