Folate in Health and Disease

Keeping up with the explosion in information garnered from a wealth of new research, this volume provides an up-to-date resource on new areas of folate-related basic science coupled with a public health perspective. New insights related to folate chemistry, bioavailability, kinetics, metabolism, nutrient-gene, and nutrient-nutrient interaction are coupled with a public health/clinical medicine perspective of research findings targeted to birth defects, vascular and neurological diseases, and cancer. Epidemiological evidence is interpreted in tandem with new findings related to folate’s mechanistic role in health maintenance and disease/birth defect prevention. Global recommendations for folate intake and a synopsis of folic acid fortification programs are featured. The book presents the latest research on folate/folic acid intake and discusses intake recommendations for health maintenance and disease/birth defect prevention.