High intakes of Synthesized form of Folate and diseases
Home of Kyle J. Norton for The Better of Living & Living Health The vitamin B-complex are essential water-soluble vitamins, including vitamin B1(thiamine), vitamin B2 (riboflavin ), vitamin B3 (niacin), vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), biotin, folic acid and vitamin B12 (cobalamins).
Folic acid (Vitamin B9) is a water-soluble vitamin and a member of vitamin B complex, found abundantly in romaine lettuce, spinach, asparagus, turnip greens, mustard greens, calf’s liver, parsley, collard greens, broccoli, etc.. It plays an important role to synthesize DNA, repair DNA, methylate DNA, as well as to act as a cofactor in certain biological reactions(a) and enhance cell division and growth, etc.
High intakes of Synthesized form of Folate and diseases
a number of studies have shown that high intakes of folic acid, the chemically synthesized form, but not natural folates, can cause adverse effects in some individuals such as the masking of the hematological manifestations of vitamin B(12) deficiency, leukemia, arthritis, bowel cancer, and ectopic pregnancies, according to the study by Natl. Dairy Research Inst.(B)
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(a) http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/12/11/1271
(B) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20492126
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2012-10-17 16:00:14
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