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Body Chemistry - Folic Acid
Date : 07-16-2003 - 07:08 PM - Readers : 3754
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 Folic Acid

I just bumped into a summary (with footnotes) of some stuff I've been reading about folic acid, so I thought I'd take that as a nudge to spell out some of the latest arguments for taking a B complex supplement.

If you're taking estrogen (or even if you're not), you should pay attention to getting enough folic acid. Estrogen uses it up when going through the liver, so deficiencies can occur.

I found this overview of folic acid, so I thought I'd talk about it here. (There's more at www.hormonejungle.com articles too)

The interesting thing is that a lot of the things that they're having trouble figuring out about estrogen are also signs of folic acid deficiency (Alzheimer's, atherosclerosis, stroke, heart attack, osteoporosis, depresssion, hearing problems)

Folic acid is necessary for the maintenance of our DNA--adenine and thymine can't be made without it.

Low folic acid means high homocysteine, which is very bad for heart health and maybe for some cancers. Adding B6 and B12 also help with homocysteine levels.

38% of people with depression have low folic acid. Adding it can help with the depression in these people.

Low folic acid levels are connected to cervical cancer.

A Harvard Medical School study indicated that women taking folic acid ahd a four times lower risk of developing colon cancer.

Diabetes patients tend to have high homocysteine, so apparently folic acid might help with that.

Cooking destroys folate, so spinach salad is the best food source.

The best recommendation is to take a B complex because the B vitamins work together.
 
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