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Folic Acid Uses written by vincent Platania
More recently there was a connection found between folic acid, homocysteine and certain diseases. Homocysteine is a by-product of the metabolizing of protein that we take in in our food. More specifically it is released when the body breaks down methionine, which is an amino acid and a component of protein.

Possibility of Folic Acid Toxicity written by vincent Platania
An anticancer drug used for chemotherapy called methotrexate is known to be less absorbed by patients taking excessive dosages of folic acid. Zinc and estrogen are also likely to combine with excess folic acid and becomes less easily absorbed.

Making a Meal of Foods that Contain Folic Acid written by vincent Platania
Folic acid is also associated with Homocysteine, which is a molecule that can build up in your blood and scar the lining of your blood vessels. Folic acid helps to keep levels of homocysteine down in the blood.

Folic Acid and Its Importance to Pregnant Women written by vincent Platania
Folic acid is extremely important because of its use by the human body in production of DNA and RNA. Its absence is also associate with other defects such as heart defects and limb malformations.

Folic Acid: Prenatal Vitamin written by vincent Platania
Folic Acid is one of the more commonly known prenatal supplements. Its recommended that you get four hundred mcg daily as an adult and if you are pregnant, could become pregnant or lactating you should get between six hundred and eight hundred mcg. daily.

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