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Folic Acid Concerns

You may have seen or  will see headlines appearing in various media that proclaim folic acid to be potentially carcinogenic.  Articles such as this one,  http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100255256, discuss the dangers of the many foods being processed and fortified to boost folic acid content.

Just to clarify…folates (as the family of molecules are called as they are found [...]

Fish Oil Contamination

The results of an alarming study have been released, wherein 10 fish oil products were tested for contaminants. Many product labels state on them that they have been tested for heavy metals, i.e. mercury, but levels of PCB’s (polychlorinated biphenyl compounds) may be high. These compounds have been banned by Congress for any [...]