Comments on: The benefits and risks of folic acid supplementation http://sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/the-benefits-and-risks-of-folic-acid-supplementation/ Turning an eye on the profession, separating fact from fiction on both sides of the counter Thu, 16 May 2013 00:10:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Keith Grimaldi http://sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/the-benefits-and-risks-of-folic-acid-supplementation/#comment-3278 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:36:08 +0000 http://sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com/?p=3295#comment-3278 There is some good recent news about the cancer risk – it was not seen in the various clinical trials even though they would have been the hypothesized higher risk group for folate tumour promotion (i.e. beyond middle age, higher liklihood of pre-cancerous cells.

Also the debate about folate (+ other B vitamins) and prevention is far from settled. Because of the many expensive high profile clinical trials and apparent ineffectiveness it has more or less entered the mainstream mindset that folate is no good for prevention and that lowering homocysteine is a waste of time. But the big problem with the trials is that they were ALL in older ILL people. Prevention with nutrients is a lifelong process and it does not begin at 65 when you have already had a heart attack!

For more details see http://bit.ly/h25UpW and http://bit.ly/aWPUEQ

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