Recent
folate intake from foods can greatly affect the blood folate levels, which may therefore not be the best indicator of the adequate amount of folate in the body.
Not exact matches
The strongest argument for pregnant women needing folic acid supplements comes
from the tie between adequate
folate intake and reduced risk of having a baby with neural tube defects.
According to another article published on Medical News Today, there's evidence that adequate
intake of
folate from food shows promise in protecting against colon, stomach, pancreatic and cervical cancer (26).
People aged 50 years and older have the highest total
folate intakes and about 5 % have
intakes exceeding the UL of 1,000 mcg per day, primarily due to folic acid
from dietary supplements [17].
Unfortunately, some women of childbearing age obtain insufficient
folate even when
intakes from both food and dietary supplements are included [17].
Almost all children aged 1 to 8 years who consume at least 200 mcg / day folic acid
from dietary supplements have total
folate intakes that exceed the UL [16].
Folate intake is also associated with a decreased risk of depression and other mood disorders by inhibiting an overload of homocysteine in the body, which can hinder essential nutrients
from reaching the brain.
A reanalysis of 16,448 men
from the Health Professionals Follow - Up Study that controlled for
folate intake did not find a significant associa -
Furthermore, in the VITamins And Lifestyle (VITAL) cohort study (3) of predominantly supplement users who were followed up
from 2000 to 2002 through 2006, high
intakes of total
folate averaged over 10 y were associated with a decrease in breast cancer risk.