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| | Folic Acid |
 | | It is not surprising that a folic acid deficiency has been implicated in a wide variety of disorders from Alzheimer's disease to atherosclerosis, heart attack, stroke, osteoporosis, cervical and colon cancer, depression, dementia, cleft lip and palate, hearing loss, and of course, neural tube defects. |
 | | Folic acid supplementation is known to lower homocysteine levels and laws have recently been passed in the United States mandating folic acid fortification of bread and cereal. |
 | | An inadequate intake of folic acid is firmly associated with an increased risk of vascular disease and, among women of childbearing age, with a significantly heightened risk of giving birth to a baby with neural tube defects. |
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