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Dietary Folate Boosts Sperm Quality, Boosts Fertility

9/2/2008 - (NaturalNews) Men who consume more folate are significantly less likely to produce sperm with the chromosomal abnormalities that can lead to birth defects, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and...

Folate and Vitamin B-12: Two Nutrients Critical for Brain Health

4/30/2008 - (NaturalNews) Recent research documents the critical nature of two nutrients, vitamin B-12 and folate, in brain health and the maintenance of cognitive functioning, including memory. Deficiencies of these key nutrients are markers of the neuropathology...

A Father’s Diet Impacts the Health of His Children

4/19/2008 - (NaturalNews) It is already well known that women's diet is very important for their children’s health, not only during pregnancy, but also long before it. Now a recent study has shown for the first time that the health of a child is also dependent on...

Folic Acid Fortification: One Size May Not Fit All

12/9/2007 - (NaturalNews) To fortify or not to fortify? This is now being questioned. Two recently published articles take a look at the results of mandatory folic acid fortification and call for a more in depth study of the side effects of this program. Folic...

Folic acid, vitamin B-12 boost cognitive function

2/21/2007 - (NaturalNews) It has long been known that folate and vitamin B-12 are important to the healthy functioning of the nervous system. Now a new study published in the "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" suggests that the interaction between these nutrients...

Folic acid may help prevent hearing loss in old age, study finds

1/11/2007 - (NaturalNews) Men and women who supplement their diets with folic acid may slow their age-related hearing loss, according to new Dutch research published in the Jan. 2 edition of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. Folic acid -- a B vitamin...

FDA denies ban on Vegemite imports

10/27/2006 - (NaturalNews) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that recent media reports that the agency had banned imports of Vegemite -- a yeast spread popular in Australia -- are false. "There is no ban on Vegemite," said FDA spokesman Mike...

Smoking out the links between nutrition and oral cancer (press release)

10/6/2006 - Every year, nearly 300,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with oral cancer. This type of cancer has the highest incidence in people who use tobacco, including cigarettes, but the means by which tobacco promotes the development of oral cancer is unknown....

Top 10 Healthy Foods -- and Why They’re Good for You (press release)

10/2/2006 - If you could eat foods that were tasty, nutritious and helped reduce your risk of disease, what more could you want? The August issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource offers its 10 top picks for healthy foods: Apples: Apples are a good source of...

Folate may alter risk of prostate cancer progression (press release)

8/18/2006 - Folate in the diet does not appear to lower the risk of developing prostate cancer, but does seem to influence disease severity somewhat, according to findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Folate has important effects on DNA...

Encouraging results for folic acid as a cancer prevention drug (press release)

8/15/2006 - Folic acid supplements may prevent cancer progression and promote regression of disease, according to a new study. Published in the July 15, 2006 issue of CANCER (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/cancer-newsroom), a peer-reviewed journal of the American...

Folic Acid May Prevent Cancer of Larynx (press release)

8/7/2006 - While folic acid is more commonly known as the nutrient that can help prevent birth defects, new research suggests that folic acid supplements may also help prevent cancer of the larynx. In a study of people with precancerous lesions called leukoplakia,...

Folic acid deficiencies are widespread; here's why nearly everyone needs more folate

12/29/2005 - Pregnant women plagued by cravings for pickles and ice cream must remember to include plenty of folic acid in their diets. Shown to reduce the risk of miscarriage and birth defects, folic acid – found primarily in leafy green vegetables – is an absolute...

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