Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Dr. Bruce Ames on the importance of folate and how deficiency leads to DNA damage
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Dr. Bruce Ames on the importance of folate and how deficiency leads to DNA damage
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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folate is also very important to prevent cancer so adequate levels of folate actually have been shown to prevent cancer and the converse is true inadequate levels of folate can actually damage your DNA similar to IR radiation which is known to cause cancer