WAFACS Published: No CVD Benefit in Longest-Duration Folic-Acid/B-Vitamin Supplementation Study

Still think they know what a safe and effective supplement is?

"Authors of one of the longest-duration studies looking at folic-acid/B-vitamin supplementation to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events say homocysteine is likely still a useful marker for risk prediction, but the wind has all but gone out of the sails of homocysteine lowering as a means of preventing cardiovascular (CV) events...

'The findings cast further doubt on the role of folic acid and B vitamins in preventing cardiovascular events, despite their effect on homocysteine lowering,' she said. 'Even with long duration of treatment, there was no evidence of cardiovascular risk reduction, and we did see a significant reduction in homocysteine.'"

Oops.