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It is recommended to pregnant women and now added to bread in Great Britain. Funny, how all vitamins are lost during the refinement of the grains and in the end added again. Weird world we live in. If the over-processing was simply stopped, no vitamins would need to be added instead. But I guess, the food companies have it all figured out financially and profits are higher if done this way.
Folic acid is extremely beneficial in the blood building process, it stimulates the RBC’s and therefore prevents a certain type of anemia called macrocytic anemia. The catabolism of folic acid and tyrosine is essential to prevent the build up of homocysteine. Folic acid and B6 are a crucial factor in deactivating homocysteine and converting into glutathione instead. Without these two vitamins, intra-arterial plaque builds up and can lead to strokes or coronary hearth disease.
Folic acid is crucial in the synthesis of DNA and RNA without folic acid, RNA simply cannot be replicated.
Dr. Carl Pfeiffer detected folic acid to be vital factor for the treatment of schizophrenic and manic-depressive patients. He found extreme deficiency in his patients. Folic acid must always be given with B12 (or best a B-complex) as these vitamins work synergistically.
Certain drugs such as aspirin, barbiturates, contraceptives, corticosteroids or excessive alcohol consumption may deplete folic acid in the system.
Therapeutic dosage of folic acid lays between five – twenty milligrams a day. However, several hundred milligrams can be taken safely, as long as in combination with B12.
Folic acid and pyridoxine in connection with heart disease
Excess homocysteine can turn into plaque and lines the inside of the arteries, leading to heart disease and strokes. It is absolutely essential to check a heart patient for deficiency and supplement with this powerful duo as soon as possible to reset this harmul process.
Homocysteine is chemically transformed into methionine and cysteine with the help of folic acid, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6. Therefore, insufficient amounts of these vitamins in the body can hamper the natural breakdown of homocysteine.This can cause homocysteine to accumulate in the blood. Conversely, a higher folic acid intake and higher levels of body folate are associated with lower blood homocysteine levels. The consumption of folic acid supplements and B6 and B12 can lower blood homocysteine levels.
Currently, there is no direct proof that taking folic acid and B vitamins lower homocysteine levels and prevents heart attacks and strokes. However, in a large population study involving women, those who had the highest consumption of folic acid had fewer heart attacks than those who consumed the least amount of folic acid.
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