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’5-a-day’ fruit and veggies or folic acid-fortified foods on plasma folate and homocysteine – (03-04-03)
James Bogash
’5-a-day’ fruit and veggies or folic acid-fortified foods on plasma folate and homocysteine.
This study is an important idea for the clinicians who have said that multivitamins were unnecessary because we get all the vitamins we need from our diets. First of all, these clinicians need to ask their patients if they are getting the minimum 8-10 servings of fruits and veggies. I highly doubt it. And, these study does highlight the fact that certain genetic polymorphism will require higher dosages of nutrients than a normal diet can provide.
