What is Folate?

Folate and Folic Acid are members of the B Vitamin Family (B9). Their names come from Folium, the latin word for Leaf. Folate is naturally found in fruits, vegetables, grains and other real healthy foods. Folic Acid comes from Folate and is just a synthetic form that is in our food and different vitamin supplements. Our bodies absorb Folic acid faster than Folate, but once it’s taken, it needs to be converted back to Folate.

What does it do?

In one sentence it basically helps to make, protect and repair our DNA. Since 1998, Folate has been added into our foods without us even knowing…the whole reason why is that this was done for future mothers. Too little folate in a mothers body at the time of conception can result in birth defects for the child at birth. By the FDA doing this, neural birth defects have decreased by 25-50% in newborn children. Other studies have found that an increase in folate can reduce stroke and birth defects…and now studies are showing that it may help in primary prevention of cancer, specifically breast cancer.

“The researchers found that women with the highest recorded folate levels in their blood appeared to be 27 percent less likely to develop breast cancer, compared to women with the lowest folate levels.”

“Observational studies show that people who get higher than average amounts of folate from their diets or folic acid supplements for 15 years or more have lower risks of colon cancer (15) and breast cancer. (16)”

However, if someone drinks alcohol at a high consumption, they must be careful. It is not a surprise that alcohol is not good for your body. But…when alcohol is consumed, the alcohol will block the absorption of folate. This means that the folate will not be absorbed in the body. Although this is said about alcohol, a new study from the “Nurses Health Study” has shown that women who have more than one drink, and consume a high intake of folate can stop the increase rate of breast cancer. Another study done in Sweden collaborates this saying again, that a high folate intake will protect women from breast cancer.

According to the Harvard article, we should have an intake of 400 micrograms of folate. So take your B Vitamins!

“B Good to Yourself”

Read more here!

Three of the B’s

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/vitamin-b/index.html

Nutrition Source

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/folic-acid/index.html

B Vitamins may help prevent Breast Cancer

http://www.channing.harvard.edu/Bvitamins.htm

Here in America, we are used to “fixing things” that go wrong instead of preventing the problem before it begins. For example, if someone is obese, you can easily get weight loss surgery, or when you begin to get wrinkles from staying in the sun all day, all your life, one can get botox. But what I believe is that America needs to shift it’s focus, and instead of trying to fix things after they are malignant is to know how your body works, what you should put in it and how you should treat it before almost destroying it. It is amazing what your body can do by what you put in it and through exercise. “The Biggest Loser” is a testament to that. The before and after results are amazing!! And how did that happen? Not through doctors and surgeries, but through men and women who had the strong mind to take control of their body, exercise, and eat well. That’s all! And look how happy they’re now!

Now it is hard with all our busy schedules to exercise on a regular basis and eat well. Believe me, I’m one who struggles with that everday, because I have a biiig sweet tooth, and looove food. Just ask my family, I can eat. But it is tough to eat healthy and exercise but at least every day I take my B Vitamins. Right now I’m taking B12 because it converts your food into energy. Why most of this blog is dedicated to Vitamin B is that what it does differently than all the other vitamins is that it cleanses the body of all the bad stuff that we put in it everyday. Now I’m not saying to eat junk food all day long and swallow a b vitamin and you will never get cancer. But it is VERY beneficial in preventing cancer since it does cleanse your body. What it does is that it increases the immune system. Your immune system is what fights off those infectious cancerous cells. Therefore, as your immune system gets stronger due to the increase in Vitamin B, it will seek out and destroy those cancerous cells. It is definitely the vitamin that we NEED in our diet daily because a lot of our food does not contain the B vitamins necessary to fight off infection.

So…

B Good to Yourself

*Take your B Vitamins and eat natural healthy food…that grows out of the ground, not man made foods

Heres a site for prevention: http://cancer-prevention.net/

And soon, the Believe Nutrition Bar will be in the public, filled with all the essential B Vitamins, and will be 100% organic. I will keep you updated. Right now I’m in the process of developing the logo. And the tasty recipe is done!

Why am I seeing the status’ updates black, pink, red, nude, white on my news feed page?

That was my first question when I saw the updates….then with a little facebook stalking, I finally found out that today women across the country are posting “color” status’ on their facebook in order to raise breast cancer awareness.

This “color” is the current color of their bra that they’re wearing.

However, is this cyberspace fad actually accomplishing something, or is it really just confusing the boys? Or…just too much information?

There is still no known goal as to what these status’ will accomplish, and no full understanding of who started it….but if it gets people to start talking about breast cancer and increasing breast cancer awareness then let’s go for it!

What do you think?

This is completely opposite of what us women have been taught all our lives….

We need to fight cancer early, before it becomes malignant, not after. It will be too late. Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s (The View) mother is a testament to this, and many other women. Hasselbeck’s mother, like many women was daignosed with breast cancer at age 30. This simple annual screening saved her life…Without it, she would have died.

Mammogram Cuts Fox 5

Comments?

Believe Nutritional Bar is still in the process of developing, but our mission is….

“To Create High Quality Baked Goods Sold for a Cancer Fighting Cause.”

This Blog will be dedicated to providing information and knowledge (articles) on breast cancer and how one can live a healthier life on what he or she eats.

Fact: Did you know that diseases such as acne, depression, and high blood pressure can result from Vitamin B deficiency?

So….”B” Good to yourself