Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. Researchers saw a significant interaction between plasma total folate concentrations below 49.3 nmol/L and the association between gestational blood lead levels and SRS-2 scores. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disease that...
Folic Acid Intake Reduces the Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Newborns
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Science Writer. Lack of supplementation was associated with a significantly increased risk a fetal heart defect compared to those who began taking supplements before pregnancy (OR = 4.19, P = 0.0117). Various environmental and genetic...
Dietary Folate Is Significantly Associated with the Risk of Osteoporosis
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Science Writer. Individuals in the high folate group had a significantly lower risk of osteoporosis after adjusting for all confounding factors (OR= 0.30, P= 0.001). Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder that is influenced by...
Supplementation with Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and Vitamin B6 Associated with Reduced Risk of Stroke
Written by Taylor Woosley, Science Writer. Findings of a meta-analysis of 14 RCTs including 76,664 subjects and 2720 cases of stroke shows that supplementation of ≤0.8 mg/d folic acid combined with ≤0.4 mg/d vitamin B12 and ≤10 mg/d vitamin B6 resulted in a 39%...
Folate Intake Inversely Linked to Colorectal Cancer
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Findings from a genome-wide interaction analysis using data from 51 studies shows that an inverse association was noted between dietary folate, total folate, and folic acid supplementation and colorectal cancer. Colorectal...
The Intake of Vitamin B6 and Folate and the Risk of Migraine in Adults
Written by Harold Oster, MD. Results suggest that B6 and folate consumption may lower the risk of migraine in adults. Migraine is a disabling headache syndrome affecting more than one billion people worldwide. For the prevention of migraines, patients are often...
Severe Insomnia and Folic Acid Levels
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. The study results concluded that lower serum folic acid levels were associated with higher risk of severe difficulty in falling asleep in American adults. Insomnia is defined as difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or early...
Daily Supplementation of Folic Acid, B Vitamins, Vitamin D, and CoQ10 May Be a Potential Preventative Measure of Cognitive Impairment
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Results show that daily vitamin D, B vitamins, folic acid, and CoQ10 supplementation may prevent the occurrence of cognitive impairment in older adults. Dementia is characterized by a progressive deterioration of mental...
Beetroot Juice Associated with High Blood Pressure Reduction in Hypertensive Tanzanian Adults
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study provides preliminary evidence that dietary inorganic nitrate supplementation, alone or in combination with folic acid, significantly reduced blood pressure in hypertensive adults from Tanzania, Africa. According to 2010...
B12 & Folic Acid on Neurological Development in Children
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. Combined supplementation with B12 and folic acid significantly improved gross motor and problem solving skills in young children between 6-30 months. Folic acid has long been known to support neurological development...