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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
Effect L-folic acid supplementation on glycolipid metabolism studied
October 13th, 2005
The effect of L-folic acid supplementation on glycolipid metabolism was recently studied. "Hyperhomocysteinemia as well as alterations of glycemic and lipidic metabolism are recognized as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study" by researchers in Italy "was to examine the effect of L-folic acid supplementation on homocysteine (Hcy) and related thiols, such as cysteine (Cys) and Cys-glycine (Cys-Glyc) pathways and their relationship to glucose, insulin, and lipidic metabolism in normoinsulinemic postmenopausal women." "This study was a randomized placebo, not double-blind, trial performed in an academic research center,"...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-13)
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