Website review: Technology Review: Taking Vitamins ...
russelllucid discovered this in Science/Tech
•3 reviews since Jul 2, 2008
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•technologyreview.com/Biotech/21034/
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russelllucid discovered 7 weeks ago- Newly discovered genetic variations could predict who needs more folic acid etc.
- ConsiderThis rated 7 weeks ago
- From the page: "The daily vitamin dosages recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture "are based on studies done 60 years ago, and are based on the assumption that everyone is biochemically the same,"" Very interesting. This is something I've been saying for a long time, that people need to look at their own bodies to see what works for them and what they need... for instance, your fingernails can show you if you are low in B12... which is important to know because being low in it for an extended period damages nerves which causes pain and memory loss, among other serious problems.
- JIR rated 7 weeks ago
- From the page: "In a pilot study published in June, scientists focused on an enzyme called MTHFR, or methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, which converts the B vitamin folate (also called folic acid) from one form into another. Folate plays many roles in maintaining human health: it's been linked to preterm birth and birth defects, as well as to cardiovascular disease, stroke, and colorectal cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated the addition of the vitamin to cereals and other grains in 1993. Previous research suggested that variations in the MTHFR enzyme may make some people more susceptible to the effects of folate deficiency. A common genetic variant that produces a weakened version of the enzyme increases risk of birth defects and possibly of heart disease, although it's not clear why. About 12 percent of people of European descent have two copies of that variation." ............................... A comment to the above text on the same page (part): "Vitamin D and Type 1 Diabetes jesup on 07/02/2008 at 8:33 AM Finnish studies revealed that newborn children given large doses (2000 IU/day) of Vitamin D had an 80% reduced rate of type-1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes incidence increases with latitude, from 3/100,000 in Cuba to hundreds/100,000 in Finland, which implied a vitamin D link, since vitamin D is produced by exposure to sunlight. This studies was recently confirmed (using lower levels of Vitamin D, and lower reduction in incidence rate) in a global study released in June. Also note that Finns are more likely to be vitamin D deficient for longer during the year than the average subject in a global study; on the other hand the Finnish study showed considerably better results at the higher dosages."
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