Fortified Folic Acid Danger

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Fortified folic acid danger comes from the fact it is different from natural occurring vitamins and minerals. The folic acid used by food and the pharmaceutical companies work differently. On the passage through the intestinal wall, folic acid is converted to 5-methytetrahydrofolate, the naturally circulating form of folate. There are studies that imply that high oral doses of folic acid overwhelm the conversion pathway.

Concern

The concern is that fortified folic acid form may be detrimental; it is not a naturally occurring co-enzymatic form of the vitamin. Now that it is added to fortified foods such and breakfast cereals, pastas and grain products including breads a large percent of the population has un-metabolized folic acid circulating in the body.

Grains and cereals have been fortified since 1998, now large does of the vitamin have been linked to an increase in cancer and other chronic conditions. Lung cancer took the lead in this category.

Implications

If you just look at the overall picture and have no understanding of natural vs. synthetic you implicate all folate acid and vitamin B 12. Folate acid is one of the most important nutrients that are found in leafy green vegetables, fruits and animal protein.

Folate acid is destroyed by different cooking methods. Evidence has indicated that folate deficiency may promote cancer growth; the study’s authors suggested it was also possible that excess folic acid accelerated the growth of tumors. The real fortified folic acid danger is that it does not come from a natural source.

Bad Logic

One of the reasons that a folate deficiency may promote disease is that the things that deplete the supply are the of cause poor health. Alcohol, oral contraceptives, sugar, tobacco, sulfa drugs, and a calcium deficiency will deplete folate acid.

Folate acid is easily depleted by the above and environmental chemicals. Getting folate acid from the diet is the way the body is able to handle it the best.

Medications that interfere with folic acid utilization include:

• Anti-convulsant medications (such as dilantin, phenytoin and primidone)
• metformin (sometimes prescribed to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetes)
• sulfasalazine (used to control inflammation associated with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
• triamterene (a diuretic)
• methotrexate (used for cancer and other diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis)
• barbituratess(used as sedatives)

The Truth

We are fortifying our food supply, as we deplete everyone’s store of folate acid. Now we are oversupplying folic acid in a form that may cause harm. We blame the folate acid and the vitamin B12, and remain clueless. The most effective vitamins and minerals come from dietary sources, not from assembly lines.

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