Age-Related Hearing Loss And Folate In The Elderly
Age-related hearing loss (ARHL), one of the four most prevalent chronic conditions in the elderly, is associated with low serum levels of folic acid, according to new research published in the December 2010 issue of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery…
December 3, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 2010-issue, arhl, chronic-conditions, elderly, folic-acid, hearing-loss, most-prevalent, new-research, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets
Folic Acid Does Not Show Heart Benefits, Study
A systematic analysis of 8 large trials concluded that use of folic acid supplements does not appear to be linked to reduced rates of cardiovascular events, despite having been shown to lower blood levels of homocysteine, an amino acid thought to be a risk factor for diseases of the heart and blood vessels…
October 12, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: amino-acid, been-shown, despite-having, does-not, folic-acid, heart, large-trials, lower-blood, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, reduced-rates, risk-factor, the-heart
