Vitamins for chronic disease prevention in adults: clinical applications.(Abstract)

From: Alternative Medicine Review | Date: August 1, 2002| Author: Fairfield, KM; Fletcher, RH | Copyright information

Fletcher RH, Fairfield KM. JAMA 2002;287:3127-3129.

Vitamin deficiency syndromes such as scurvy and beriberi are uncommon in Western societies. However, suboptimal intake of some vitamins, above levels causing classic vitamin deficiency, is a risk factor for chronic diseases and common in the general population, especially the elderly. Suboptimal folic acid levels, along with suboptimal levels of vitamins B(6) and B(12), are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, neur...

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