Comments on: Folate is really, really good for you http://blog.webfoot.com/2007/06/07/folate-is-really-really-good-for-you/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:26:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: researcher_hooligan http://blog.webfoot.com/2007/06/07/folate-is-really-really-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-253 researcher_hooligan Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:48:01 +0000 http://www.webfoot.com/blog/2007/06/07/folate-is-really-really-good-for-you/#comment-253 I also recall reading a paper that makes a connection between levels of folate being negatively corrolated with levels of a nasty metabolite called homocysteine. A folate derivative is involved in generating the complex that deals with (converts into something much less nasty) this homocysteine, which has been corrolated with formations of arterial plaques. So... there is a lot to this folate story. BUT surplus folate doesn't necessarily do anything for you. A vitamin B50 or 100 complex pill or an average multivitamin will usually have 1mg of folate. Given that a decent daily dosage is around 250micrograms, and absorption is nearly 85%... you just need to take a multivitiamin, Bcomplex, or eat lots of green veggies and fruit. Excillent post Ducky!, nice to see some health stuff here. I also recall reading a paper that makes a connection between levels of folate being negatively corrolated with levels of a nasty metabolite called homocysteine. A folate derivative is involved in generating the complex that deals with (converts into something much less nasty) this homocysteine, which has been corrolated with formations of arterial plaques.

So… there is a lot to this folate story.

BUT surplus folate doesn’t necessarily do anything for you. A vitamin B50 or 100 complex pill or an average multivitamin will usually have 1mg of folate. Given that a decent daily dosage is around 250micrograms, and absorption is nearly 85%… you just need to take a multivitiamin, Bcomplex, or eat lots of green veggies and fruit.

Excillent post Ducky!, nice to see some health stuff here.

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