Increased Folate Intake is Recommended

Is the recommended daily iron intake for women too low?

Folate intake, markers of folate status and oral clefts: is the evidence converging?

BACKGROUND The ability of folic acid in the periconceptional period to prevent the occurrence of neural tube defects has stimulated tremendous interest in its effects on other health outcomes. Its possible effect on oral clefts has generated considerable debate. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assemble evidence on the role of folate in the aetiology of cleft lip w...

Is ischemic stroke risk related to folate status or other nutrients correlated with folate intake?

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Folate status was inversely associated with plasma homocysteine concentration, a potential risk factor of cardiovascular disease. However, it is uncertain whether folate is causally associated with risk of ischemic stroke (IS). We aimed to examine the association between IS incidence and folate intake, biochemical folate status, and folate associated nutrients. METHODS ...

Folate catabolite excretion is responsive to changes in dietary folate intake in elderly women.

BACKGROUND The major route of folate turnover is by catabolic cleavage of the C9-N10 bond producing p-aminobenzoylglutamate (pABG) and its primary excretory form, p-acetamidobenzoylglutamate (ApABG). We hypothesize that total pABG (ApABG + pABG) excretion parallels both the mass of body folate pools from which these catabolites originate and the folate-status indicators. OBJECTIVE The objecti...

Commonly recommended daily intake of vitamin D is not sufficient if sunlight exposure is limited.

OBJECTIVES Sunlight exposure of the skin is known to be the most important source of vitamin D. The aims of this study were: (i) to estimate vitamin D status amongst sunlight-deprived individuals (veiled Arab women, veiled ethnic Danish Moslem women and Danish controls); and (ii) through food intake analysis to estimate the oral intake of vitamin D necessary to keep a normal vitamin D status in...