B Vitamin Benefits
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 5:11AMEating more foods rich in folate and vitamin B6 seems to lower women's risk of dying from stroke and heart disease and to reduce men's risk of death from heart failure, according to new research from Japan. Investigators analyzed food questionnaires completed by 23,119 men and 35,611 women age 40-79. After about 14 years of follow up, the researchers found that 986 participants died from stroke, 424 from heart disease and 2,087 from all diseases related to the cardiovascular system. When they looked at levels of B vitamin intake from the questionnaires, they found that men whose consumption of folate and vitamin B6 was highest had significantly fewer deaths from heart failure and that women whose reported folate and B6 intake was highest had significantly fewer deaths from stroke, heart disease and total cardiovascular diseases. Vitamin B12, another nutrient the researchers looked at, wasn't associated with any reduced risk. Even after the adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors and for dietary supplement use, the investigators found that folate and B6 remained protective. The report was published online April 15 in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Malabsorption of foods are one of the primary reasons for not getting enough vitamin b (of all types). In fact many b12 deficiencies are a result low hydrochloric acid levels.
The elderly have a decreased amount of gastric acid which is responsible for breaking down and releasing vitamin b12 from the food. Malabsorptoin of food due to insufficient hydrochloric acid levels can be corrected by taking hydrochloric acid supplements......
http://blogs.siliconvalleyfit.com/adin/2010/05/b12-deficiency-and-hydrochloric-acid-connection/