Folic acid: Vitamin and panacea or genetic time bomb?

摘要: We live in a health-conscious age - many of us supplement our diet with essential micronutrients through the discretionary use multivitamin pills or judicious selection foods that have health benefit beyond conferred by nutrient content alone so-called 'functional foods'. Indeed, citizens some nations little choice, mandatory fortification policy place for certain vitamins. But do we ever stop to consider consequences an increased exposure micronutrients? examine this issue relation B-group vitamin folic acid, and ask whether supplementation could introduce strong genetic pressure one has side effect increasing prevalence most significant, human life-threatening diseases. Are affecting genetics is case evolution progress altering diet?