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B-9 (Vitamin B9, Vit.B9, Folic Acid, Folacin, Fala
Vitamin B9, also known as folic
acid, is a vitamin necessary to promote normal red blood cell
formation. It is thought to be an important catalyst aiding
in the maintenance of the nervous system, the health of the
intestinal tract and genitals and related organs, white blood
cells, and normal patterns of growth. In 1981, it was conclusively
demonstrated that folic acid supplementation could prevent more
than half of the cases of spina-bifida and other neural tube
defects.
The FDA has finally announced that folic acid is essential to
the diet and especially necessary within the diets of pregnant
women, now recommending 400 mcg per day to reduce the risk of
neural tube deficits and birth disorders. Recently, research
has demonstrated that elevated levels of folic acid (800 mcg:
twice that of the USRDI's) helps prevent heart attacks by reducing
homocysteine levels. However, in yet other studies, lower levels
of folic acid (200 mcg - 400mcg daily) along with other B vitamins
appear to decrease levels of homocysteine production, and lower
levels of these amount do not interfere with homocysteine's
natural degradation as some have postulated, since if homocysteine
is not immediately converted to methionine or thereafter removed
properly from the system, heart attacks become significantly
more likely. In any case, low dose Folic Acid (200 mcg - 400
mcg) intake appears to be just as effective than higher dosages
(800 mcg). When used with vitamin B-5 and PABA, vitamin B-9
may help in the delay of hair graying and promote healthy skin
(unproven).
The rather obtuse idea that Vitamin B9 could mask a vitamin
B12 deficiency is now considered a misnomer, as the criticism
was originally based on a reference to a study in 1947 before
B12 was properly isolated. Folic Acid is not only safe, it is
essential for healthy life. Results of a recent meta-analysis
in Oxford, England at the Radcliffe Infirmary demonstrated that
Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid (and to lesser extend by Vitamin
B6, whose presence is necessary to convert homocysteine to the
amino acid L-cysteine) were necessary vitamins involved in the
body's cleansing process called methylation, wherein dangerous
homocysteine levels are reduced. Lowering homocysteine levels
has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease,
for as much as 30%-40%.Folic acid can be increased to .5 mg
up to 5 mg with adequate amounts of B12 (1mg.) for these purposes.
(BMJ, 316(7135):894-898, March1998)
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