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by Gloria Gamat on August 7, 2006

These findings were reported in the International Journal of Obesity (Vol. 30, pp. 1197-1202).
Chronic inflammation, brought about by an over-expression or lack of control of the normal protective mechanism, can lead to a range of inflammatory related disease, particularly cardiovascular disease.
And since people who are overweight or obese are said to be in a state of increased inflammation, compared to non-overweight and non-obese people, reducing inflammation could benefit the ever growing number of people with 'weight issues'.
The University Of Pisa School Of Medicine research was a low dose-short term supplementation study of folic acid in 60 healthy but overweight (BMI between 25 and 29 kg per sq.m) subjects in a randomized placebo controlled trial.
"The folic acid supplementation regimen we adopted was relatively short-term (3 months) and relatively low-dose (2.5 mg per day); yet, it was able to induce a significant reduction in homocysteine levels," said the researchers.
These results are interestingly promising but it has to be examined if folic acid supplementation will be beneficial in the long-term. In addition, there is a need to test whether such benefits would be seen in obese people (BMI greater or equal to 30 kg per sq. m).
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