Word: folic
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...added that women of childbearing age should still consume adequate folic acid, even if it does not provide cardiovascular benefits...
...Jorge E. Chavarro, a research fellow in the Department of Nutrition and an author of the study, wrote in an e-mail. Chavarro’s preliminary results were presented last Monday during the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. According to the press release, the folic acid in multivitamins is thought to be the most direct link to ovulatory fertility. “I think that multivitamins are definitely not going to hurt anybody who’s trying to become pregnant,” Chavarro said in the press release. “They should...
...getting enough folic acid, found in beans, peas and fortified grains? Researchers have learned that many people have a genetic predisposition that puts them at greater risk of developing heart disease because they need more folic acid than the average person to maintain normal blood chemistry...
...Sciona's laboratories in New Haven, Conn. Within three weeks, Sciona sends back a standard computerized analysis of your survey answers, with a few highlights from or red flags about the genetic-test results. For example, Gill-Garrison says, the company estimates from the questionnaire the amount of folic acid in your system. Then it tells you what level you should be aiming for, based on the results of your genetic test...
...associates isolated fumonsin, a fungal toxin often found in American corn crops, as the likely cause of these infants’ cranial and spinal malformations. The study, conducted on mothers of babies born from the early 1990s to 2000, determined that overexposure to fumonsin inhibits fetal ability to absorb folic acid, a compound known to prevent NTDs. Co-author of the study, Lucina Suarez, who works with the Texas Department of State Health Services, said the implications of NTDs can be fatal. “With anencephaly, the cranium fails to close. This is a very serious defect...