Posted by bleauberry on January 29, 2008, at 16:55:52
In reply to Why I would not consider taking Deplin, posted by Abby Cunningham on January 29, 2008, at 9:51:24
The article's title and its disclaimer at the bottom indicate the entire thing is a hypothesis and the authors say further research is needed.
As pointed out, folic acid and l-methylfolate are not the same. Mega amounts of folic acid might indeed be harmful, as anything in mega amounts probably is, including milk for pete's sake.
Commonly used amounts of folic acid for healing gut disorders from gluten damage are 5000mcg per day for 3 months. No reported cases of cancer from that.
If it is true that 50% of the population cannot metabolize folic acid properly, then the improperly metabolized byproducts might be related to cancer. Who knows.
To say one would need to take X amount of folic acid to get 7.5mg of methylfolate could lead someone to the wrong conclusions. Not reading the article properly could lead to wrong conclusions. Reading abstracts of articles but not the entire article can lead to wrong conclusions.
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