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...Study, an ongoing analysis of the health and nutritional habits of more than 120,000 female registered nurses that began in 1976. Last October researchers from the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston used the data to determine that women who daily consumed at least 400 micrograms of folic acid--one of the B vitamins--decreased their risk of colon cancer as much as 75% over 15 years. Intriguingly, folic acid, which is generally consumed in the form of folate, is commonly found in many vegetables and beans. But it didn't matter whether the women got their folic...
...what should you do if you're worried about colon cancer? Current evidence suggests you take a multivitamin that contains 400 micrograms of folic acid, don't smoke, avoid eating red meat more than five times a week and get plenty of exercise. Whatever you do, don't use the Nurses' Health Study as an excuse to skimp on fruits and vegetables. The rest of your body may never forgive...
...bypasses (1976, 1993), an angioplasty with stents (successful just the other day; a couple of efforts to unblock other coronary tunnels by angioplasty failed painfully), and a supporting cast of ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, cholesterol thwarters, diuretics, aspirin to make the platelets slippery, nitroglycerine, blood-pressure suppressants, vitamin E, folic acid, a rowing machine, a stoic personality and the diet of a desert mystic. It goes without saying that a heart attack is also a good way to quit smoking. I was instantly cured of nicotine addiction that night in Kansas City...
...study suggested that a lack of folic acid could increase the chances of abnormalities in either "DNA synthesis or repair," thereby increasing the chances of colon cancer...
...best sources of folate are green leafy vegetables, beans, and now anything that is made with flour is [fortified] with folate," Fung added. "The level of fortification is aimed to provide about 400 micrograms of folic acid in the diet if one eats about 6-11 servings of grains...