| 11. | Supplements of iron, zinc and folate also protect mothers and children.
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| 12. | However, alcohol consumption has a negative effect on folate.
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| 13. | This finding suggests that an extra boost of folate may be good.
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| 14. | Overall, average blood folate levels more than doubled after the change.
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| 15. | But overcooking can destroy critical nutrients, folate in particular.
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| 16. | But he cautioned that more information is needed before raising folate levels.
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| 17. | Folate reduces homocysteine, which promotes hardening of the arteries.
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| 18. | In 1960, experts first linked folate deficiency to neural tube defects.
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| 19. | Twenty-nine percent of black women have inadequate intakes of folate.
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| 20. | Folates are essential in the synthesis of DNA within cells.
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