
Folic Acid Doesn’t Stop Coronary Heart Disease
Taking folic acid supplements is not going to have any meaningful effect on one’s risk of coronary heart disease. That’s the conclusion of a comprehensive study led by Oxford Univ. researchers that pretty much closes the door on this debate once and for all.
The possibility that folic acid might help prevent heart disease has attracted considerable interest over the last two decades – understandably, because folic acid pills would have been an attractive, simple and cheap measure to reduce people’s heart disease risk. But studies have often provided conflicting evidence on whether it helps.
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