FOLATE (from Folic Acid)

Folate: Folate is essential for the synthesis of adenine and thymine, two of the four nucleic acids that make up our genes, DNA and chromosomes. Folate is equally or more important than antioxidants in preventing DNA damage and proper DNA replication, folic acid deficiency has been implicated in a wide variety of disorders from Alzheimer's disease to atherosclerosis, elevated homocysteine levels, heart attack, stroke, osteoporosis, cervical and colon cancer, depression, dementia, cleft lip and palate, hearing loss, neural tube defects and easy fatigability.