Scientific Information on Serum Folate
Serum Folate
Summary of Serum Folate
Scientific Information on Serum Folate
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Supplement |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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- | Very High See all 4 studies |
Chronically there are no changes to serum folate due to the body normalizing folate levels, but acute supplementation can reduce folate concentrations in serum sharply for a short time.
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There do not appear to be any significant changes to circulating folate seen with supplementation of red clover extract.
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Serum folate does not appear to be modified with supplementation of vitamin E.
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