Sentences with phrase «synthetic folic acid in»

I'm gonna save some money and put some crappy synthetic folic acid in my multivitamin instead of high - quality activated folate.

I touched on the importance of the MTHFR enzyme briefly in my post about folic acid vs. folate and why I am careful to avoid synthetic folic acid in supplements and foods.

Thanks for supporting those who can't have synthetic Folic Acid in their flour.

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Folate is the natural form of B9, which is better utilized by the body than folic acid, which is the synthetic form found in most supplements.

The synthetic form in supplements and fortified foods is called folic acid.

Research indicates that women that take the recommended daily dose of folic acid, which is the synthetic kind of folate or vitamin B - 9, in the 1st month of being pregnant, could have a lower risk of having a child with autism.

The researchers suggest that the synthetic kind of folate, known as folic acid, and the other B vitamins found in prenatal vitamins probably protect against early fetal brain development deficits.

«The CDC continues to recommend that, to reduce their risk for a neural tube defect - affected pregnancy, women capable of becoming pregnant should take 400 micrograms of synthetic folic acid daily, from fortified foods or supplements or a combination of the two, in addition to consuming food with folate from a varied diet.»

Folate is found naturally in fruits and vegetables, while the synthetic version, folic acid, is used to fortify cereals and breads in the United States, and in vitamin supplements.

Consume adequate synthetic folic acid daily (from fortified foods or supplements) in addition to food forms of folate from a varied diet.

In terms of diet: Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate.

Folic acid is the synthetic form of the B vitamin folate, and folate naturally occurs in food.

One key part of the MTHFR gene mutation is the inability to methylate folate correctly (especially in the synthetic form of folic acid).

I'd recommend reading his full article, but research is supporting the idea that too much synthetic folic acid can increase risk of some types of cancers (source) and it may not even be as effective in preventing neural tube defects.

Many supplements offer folic acid in synthetic form.

In a few nutrients the synthetic forms are not as good as the natural forms, eg folic acid / folate, vitamin E, carotenoids.

The discovery in 1991 that about 70 percent of neural tube defects, a group of serious birth defects, could be prevented by the consumption of synthetic folic acid led to...

Folic acid is a synthetic or lab made form of folate used in supplements and to fortify food.

I would like to know what Dr. Greger has to say about the risks of the synthetic folic acid contained in fortified nutritional yeast products for people eating generous portions on a regular (almost daily) basis.

Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate, found in supplements and also added...

I absolutely love nutritional yeast, but am concerned that I may be harming my health in other ways due to large intake of the synthetic folic acid.

FWIW, one observation that I would like to add to the considerations is that folic acid is the synthetic, that folate is the food sourced form, and, I've read from other doctors in the last 2 years (Joel Fuhrman, MD, may have been one), that ingesting folic acid is unsafe.

While both prevent NTDs, folic acid is the synthetic form found in some supplements.

Was the B vitamin supplementation referenced in the research above done with natural folate or with synthetic folic acid?

Folate is the naturally occurring form of the vitamin, while folic acid is the synthetic form found in fortified foods and in most supplements.

If you're a woman of childbearing age who may become pregnant or is in the first trimester of pregnancy, consume adequate synthetic folic acid daily (from fortified foods or supplements) in addition to food forms of folate from a varied diet.

People with this gene should also avoid synthetic folic acid which is found in prenatals, multis, B vitamins and even more ubiquitously in fortified foods like white flour, pasta, breads, nutrition bars as well as a lot of gluten free products.

Super high in folate (NOT SYNTHETIC FOLIC ACID, big diff)!!

In other words, folic acid is the synthetic, less bioavailable form of folate.

I didn't take them because they were synthetic and had folic acid in them as well (which is a synthetic form of folate that is not recommended) and I prefer to take food source supplements.

High doses of folic acid from supplements or fortified foods are of concern because synthetic folic acid is more bioavailable than folate from natural food sources and, hence, potentially more potent in promoting cancer growth (13).