high-dose folic acid supplements might INCREASE cancer risk

January 2010

New evidence suggests that high-dose folic acid supplements might INCREASE cancer risk.

Several years ago, high-dose folic acid plus other B vitamins (Foltx, etc) were commonly used in patients with heart disease.

These vitamins lower homocysteine...but they DON'T improve cardiovascular outcomes. So this practice fell by the wayside.

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