High-dose folic acid can prevent stomach cancer

High-dose folic acid can prevent stomach cancer
Shanghai Institute of Digestive Diseases, Professor Hsiao Shu-dong led to a major study found that: taking a daily dose of folic acid can reduce the risk of gastric cancer. The research papers on the latest edition of the world-renowned Journal of Gastroenterology authority "Gut" published.


Folic acid is found in a citrus and green leafy plant in vitamin B, recognized the lack of folic acid can increase the risk of cancer, it was not clear whether large doses of folic acid to prevent the occurrence of cancer. To that end, researchers in the 16 dogs, which lasted eight months of gastric cancer induced by the chemical experiments, of which eight dogs per day for 15 consecutive months for the 20 mg dose of folic acid, and through understanding of endoscopy Dog gastric cancer is a phenomenon. At the end of the experiment found that only eight of the carcinogenic chemical to accept all the dogs in the stomach, while the other eight at the same time accept the folic acid in the treatment of dogs in only three of gastric cancer, also found that serum and folic acid in the gastric mucosa In the level of folic acid increased significantly in the treatment group, showed that large doses of folic acid to carcinogenic agents have stomach cancer caused by the intervention of obvious.


Hsiao Shu-dong said that the anti-cancer mechanism of folic acid is the prevention of cancer mutations, because folic acid for DNA synthesis, repair and methylation necessary. He believes that the results are likely with the same human, suggested that some people eat more folic acid containing high concentrations of fresh vegetables and even oral folic acid added to reduce the occurrence of gastrointestinal cancer risk.