Super Liquid Folate contains a highly absorbable form of folic acid that assures maximal absorption and assimilation. This proprietary formula is three times better absorbed than other liquid suspensions of folic acid. Folic acid is the number one missing vitamin in the American diet and is crucial for cancer prevention. It also helps prevent heart disease by keeping homocysteine levels low. Folic Acid has also been found useful in the management of cervical dysplasia and periodontal disease. Folic Acid should always be taken with Vitamin B12, thus they are together in this formula.⁷

Each drop contains:
Folic acid (proprietary delivery system)…800 mcg
Vitamin B12 (hydroxycobalamin)…6 mcg

Other ingredients: distilled water, buffered potassium sorbate

Suggested dose:
1 drop per day

Clinical Applications of Super Liquid Folate:
Cervical Dysplasia treatment: 10-20 drops per day for 3 months (then redo Pap)
Periodontal Disease: 3 drops per day massaged on gums then swallowed
Pre-pregnancy: 1 drop+ per day for a year before pregnancy and throughout pregnancy

Benefits of Folic Acid include

Brain Disorders
Cerebrospinal fluid contains-or should contain strong concentration of folic acid, because the nutrient is essential to the brain's health. In older people a below par level can contribute to dementia, while supplementation, conversely, can greatly improve their mental processes. Deficiencies have been found in people who have epilepsy as well as such psychiatric disorders as depression, mania, and schizophrenia.¹

Depression
Many chemicals responsible for the brain's health and emotional balance are dependent on folic acid, but what's sufficient one person may not be enough for someone else. People who become depressed, for instance, may have a higher need for the nutrient than do non-depressed, otherwise healthy people. It is known that depressed patients with low folate levels respond poorly to antidepressant drugs.² Once the greater need is satisfied, mental disposition can improve markedly as it does with drugs. A 50 mg dose of folic acid (in the form of methyl folate) can, according to one study, treat depression as effectively as the drug amitriptyline.³

Preventing Neural Tube Defects
By taking a greater dose of folic acid starting a few months before conception, women can completely prevent the neural tube of their fetus from developing improperly. The resulting conditions are Spina bifida, in which the spinal cord doesn't close completely, an anencephaly, in which a large portion of the brain is missing.⁴

The U.S. Public Health Service has issued a recommendation that all women of child-bearing age take supplemental folic acid to reduce their chances of having children with spina bifida or other neural tube defects (NTDs). About 2,300 babies with NTDs are born annually. Numerous studies have indicated the usefulness of supplemental folic acid in preventing these disorders. Despite this evidence, the FDA opposes the USPHS recommendation (NY Times, 9-15-92).

Cancer
Folic acid can reverse cervical dysplasia, and stop the development of cervical cancer. Low folic acid readings are also associated with cancer of the throat and colorectal cancer.⁵ A year-long course of the nutrient reversed dysplasia in smokers’ lungs and, in a separate study, in the colon. Supplements also cut in half the percentage of people whom colitis leads to cancer.6

References:

1. Carney, M.W.P., et al., Journal of Affective Disorders, 1990; 9: 207-13.
2. Fava, M., American Journal of Psychiatry, 1997; 154: 426-28.
3. Crellin, R., et al., paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Dublin, July 24-27, 1992.
4. Robert C. Atkins, M.D., Dr. Atkins’ Vita-Nutrient Solution; 1998:69-72.
5. Butterworth, C.E., Jr., Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1993; 12(4): 438-41.
6. Haile, R. W., et al., Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 1995; 4: 709-14.
7. Kato I et al. Serum folate, homocysteine and colorectal cancer risk in women: a nested case-control study. Br J Cancer. 1999; 79: 1917-22