Folic acid can reduce breast cancer

ShuminZhang Harvard Medical School, MD, etc., in its report that folic acid is to ensure the normal function of DNA is one important factor, and its content is clearly too low will lead to damage genetic material, which with the breast cancer lesions are closely related. Nurses are being implemented as part of a project of health research, the experts of the 32,826 volunteers of the blood test data were analyzed, of which 712 cases and was suffering from breast cancer but not with the same number of breast cancer patients was compared.

Was found to one or more alcoholic drinks a day (at least containing 15g of ethanol) in women, the highest blood folate levels than the lowest risk of breast cancer were reduced by about 90%. The experts therefore believe that folic acid is likely to offset to some extent with the alcohol-related increased risk of breast cancer. The study also noted that at the same time, vitamin B6 and B12 can reduce alcohol consumption does not exceed 15g per day for women alcohol risk of breast cancer, although excessive drinkers is not valid.