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Foods Containing Folic Acid
Folic acid is one of the B-complex
Folic acid, long unheralded even by health food enthusiasts, is now in the nutritional limelight. A series of recent studies suggest that this B vitamin may be a major player in warding off heart attacks, strokes, and certain common cancers. Often called folacin or folate (its biologically active form), it also is well established as critically important in the prevention of birth defects of the brain and spinal cord, called neural tube defects, if...
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Foods Containing Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Source: Breastcancer.org
Omega-3 fatty acids are important nutrients involved in many body activities, especially immune system responses. Your body doesn't produce omega-3... Read more »
Folic acid (folate)
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Folic acid is a type of B vitamin. It is the man-made (synthetic) form of folate that is found in supplements and added to fortified foods.Folic acid... Read more »
Folic Acid Supplements Don't Help the Heart: Study
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has found that folic acid supplements do not reduce the risk for heart disease, cancer, or... Read more »
Folic Acid
Source: Breastcancer.org
Also known as: B-complex vitamin, folacin, folate. Potential uses: Folate is the generic term for B-complex vitamin. Folic acid is the manufactured... Read more »
What are proteins?: HealthCentral.com
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Proteins are complex organic compounds. The basic structure of protein is a chain of amino acids.Alternative NamesDiet - protein; Complete protein;... Read more »
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