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...cancer and heart disease. Researchers then turned to examining the data nutrient by nutrient, looking at minerals as well as vitamins, to see which are tied most closely with specific ailments. Low vitamin C intake appears to be associated with a higher risk of cancer, low levels of folic acid with a greater chance of birth defects, and high calcium consumption with a decreased danger of osteoporosis...
...vitamin attracting attention is folic acid, also known as folate, which was first isolated from spinach. This B vitamin appears to guard against two of the most common and devastating neurological defects afflicting newborns in the U.S.: spina bifida, in which there is incomplete closure of the spine, and anencephaly, in which the brain fails to develop fully. British researchers found that when women who had already given birth to a malformed child received folic acid supplements during a subsequent pregnancy, the chances of a second tragic birth fell sharply...
...first few years of the infant's life are crucial. The greatest improvement among slow-learning or mentally retarded Fragile X children occurs when therapy begins early. Both Lancaster boys have undergone intensive speech, language, balance and coordination training, along with a more controversial treatment with the vitamin folic acid. The younger boy, now 8, seems to be calmer and more attentive than his ten-year-old brother, possibly because his treatment began earlier in life. "We've seen a lot of improvement," says Lancaster. "The boys are both in the Cub Scouts. I know there are people out there...
...soups and desserts. (They also say the starch-eating habit is "rare.") According to medical opinion, eating large amounts of laundry starch often brings on anemia by blocking the body's absorption of iron. Some doctors state that overeating laundry starch may also cause a deficiency of folic acid, which in pregnant women may lead to premature births or bleeding near delivery time...
...vitamins are A, D, E, C (ascorbic acid), B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), Niacin, B6, folic acid, pantothenic acid, and B12. The minerals are calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, iodine and copper...