Folic Acid

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This from another list this morning ;=)

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Who Knew Pasta Could Do THIS?

Folic acid--a main ingredient in fortified pasta--may RESTORE

artery

health. People who eat a diet rich in folic acid or take folic acid

supplements may find this B vitamin actually clears out their

arteries,

which will reduce the risk of suffering a deadly heart attack or

stroke,

according to researchers from Wales Hospital in Hong Kong.

How much folic acid do you need? Find out here.

Previous studies have shown that folic acid can lower homocysteine

levels--an amino acid that is associated with an increased risk of

heart

disease and stroke--over eight weeks. But what effect would folic

acid

have over an entire year? That is the question the Hong Kong team

wanted

to answer.

This food that is rich in folic acid can also help ward off

blindness.

Click to find out what it is.

The results of their small study: When 29 healthy men and women who

had

high homocysteine levels were given folic acid for one year, their

homocysteine levels were reduced on average 12 percent. Even more

telling, the thin layer of cells that line the arteries, which

allow

blood vessels to expand as needed, was improved. Foods rich in

folic acid

include fortified pasta, bread, white rice, and cereals, as well as

lentils, spinach, asparagus, orange juice, chickpeas, and kidney

beans.

The study results were published in The American Journal of

Medicine.

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also pack a wallop!

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* " I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet " - Gandhi

 

* " But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul

of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had

been born into the world to enjoy. " - Plutarch

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