Folic Acid - Summary

What can we conclude from all of this? If you are a woman who may get pregnant, please take folic acid! If you have never had a stroke, folic acid may be beneficial in preventing strokes. It may help (albeit with some lingering doubt) prevent or mitigate senior dementia. The possible (but yet unproven) increase in risk for colon cancer would easily be mitigated by having regular colonoscopies, something you should be doing anyway if you are aged 50 and above!

Bottom line: there may be some benefit to be derived from taking folic acid supplements!

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