Folic acid proven to prevent heart disease and stroke in study: NewsTarget.com

Experts have long recommended folic acid for pregnant women or women who may become pregnant, but a new study by researchers at the Wolfson Institute for Preventive Medicine in London and the Barts & The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry has confirmed the B vitamin also reduces people's risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

In previous studies, folic acid -- abundant in liver and leafy greens -- was found to contribute to the healthy formation of brain and spinal cord tissue while fetuses are in the womb, and evidence suggested that severe folic acid deficiency lead to the neural tube disorder known as spina bifida.

However, the Wolfson Institute researchers took a different route and analyzed previous research on the relationship between cardiovascular complications and homosysteine, a blood compound that can harm arteries and increase heart disease risk at high levels.

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