Folic Acid

Folic acid is also known as folate is a water soluble mineral that, along with other nutrients is necessary for red blood cell production (112). It can also help regulate nitric oxide levels in the blood (113).

112 – Choumenkovitch, S. F., Jacques, P. F., Nadeau, M. R., Wilson, P. W., Rosenberg, I. H., & Selhub, J. (2001). Folic acid fortification increases red blood cell folate concentrations in the Framingham study. The Journal of nutrition,131(12), 3277-3280.

113 – Stroes, E. S. G., Van Faassen, E. E., Yo, M., Martasek, P., Boer, P., Govers, R., & Rabelink, T. J. (2000). Folic acid reverts dysfunction of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Circulation research, 86(11), 1129-1134.