FOLIC acid may not just protect unborn children from birth defects, it may also lower your risk of stroke.
Xiaobin Wang at the Children’s Memorial Research Center in Chicago and her colleagues reviewed eight studies involving nearly 17,000 people, and found that those who took folic acid supplements of between 0.5 and 15 milligrams per day for at least three years, lowered their risk of stroke by 30 per cent (The Lancet, vol 369, p 1876).
Researchers suggest that people consider eating more foods that contain folic acid – such as fortified cereals – or take supplements. US…
