Uncle Zhang is 63 years old this year, went to the hospital to find out thyroid cancer, Uncle Zhang is a northerner, this year began to be because he heard that folic acid can prevent stroke, so he has been taking folic acid, after finding out thyroid cancer, Uncle Zhang heard that this is related to long-term eating folic acid.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" What is folic acid > data-track="3"? </h1>
When it comes to folic acid, I believe that everyone's first reaction is that this is the medicine that pregnant women need to take. Folic acid is a water-soluble vitamin B group, is one of the necessary vitamins for the human body, in fact, we normal people are also consuming folic acid every day, fresh vegetables and fruits contain folic acid, which can maintain the daily needs of our body. Since he is consuming folic acid every day, why does Uncle Zhang have to eat extra folic acid?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="52" > how much folic acid should we normally consume every day? </h1>
Normal people consume folic acid for four hundred micrograms per day, and the oral folic acid that often appears on the market is a dose of four hundred micrograms per tablet, and there is a large dose of folic acid tablets used to treat anemia.
Uncle Zhang was still confused when he heard it: "Folic acid is one of the essential vitamins for the human body, which means that this is a good thing, but why do some people say that my cancer is related to my long-term use of folic acid?"
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="53" > does long-term use of folic acid increase the risk of cancer? </h1>
Long-term use does increase the risk of cancer.
But let's be clear, putting aside the dose to talk about toxicity is a hooligan.
How long is the long term, and how much is taken each day?
As mentioned earlier, the amount of folic acid that should be consumed per day. If we can't get enough folic acid from our normal diet for a few days, then we should choose long-term folic acid supplementation. It is one of the essential vitamins for our body. If the lack of folic acid is severe, it will lead to anemia, insufficient intake of pregnant women will lead to poor fetal growth, and insufficient intake of the elderly will lead to headaches, drooling, and other psychiatric diseases.
Take Uncle Zhang, Uncle Zhang is a northerner, especially in the winter, it is not easy to eat fresh vegetables, especially when cooking, it will also lose a part, because folic acid will dissolve in water, so Uncle Zhang usually does not like to eat meat and the like, from food can not meet the daily needs of the human body. Therefore, if Uncle Zhang does not change the diet structure, he should take a small amount of it every day for a long time and supplement the necessary daily dose required by the human body.
In the United States, their flour is additionally fortified with folic acid. However, china did not add, because excessive intake has a bad impact on the body.
If we can eat enough fresh vegetables every day, eat a normal diet, and ensure that we get enough doses from food, then we should not supplement folic acid extra.
There has been a data that shows that patients who suffer from heart disease who do not supplement folic acid on weekdays have increased the incidence and mortality rate after taking folic acid tablets for a long time. Not only is folic acid a vitamin we must have every day, but there is also a study that shows that folic acid can prevent the occurrence of stroke.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="54" >What is stroke? </h1>
It is what we often call stroke, cerebral blood vessels are suddenly tung, or brain blood vessels suddenly rupture caused by cerebral hemorrhage; in recent years, the incidence is getting higher and higher, and it is easy to lead to hemiplegia, and the mortality rate will be very high if it cannot be treated in time, and the most unfortunate recurrence rate is also very high.
How long does folic acid take to prevent stroke?
Patients who did not take folic acid had a 18% higher incidence than those who took it. After taking it for more than three years, the incidence of the disease is reduced by 29%. In fact, for people who like to eat meat and eat greasy foods, they should appropriately supplement folic acid to reduce the chance of triggering brain cataplexy.
In addition to preventing stroke, folic acid supplementation should also be provided in the following cases
(1) Northerners can supplement in an appropriate amount. In our country, because of the factors of geographical environment. Northerners can get less intake from their diet than southerners, and the north has less fresh vegetables and fruits to eat than in the south.
(2) Pregnant women should also supplement in an appropriate amount. This can help your child's nervous system grow better.
(3) People who drink alcohol for a long time should be supplemented, alcohol will affect the body's absorption of folic acid, so additional supplements are needed to reach normal levels.
(4) There are also patients with anemia who also need to be supplemented.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="55" what kind of people are not suitable for eating >? </h1>
Although folic acid is good, it should not be suitable for everyone to eat.
(1) If you have a tumor, you can not supplement, then it will give priority to promoting the growth of cancer cells and accelerating the progress of cancer, so once you find a tumor, you should stop additional folic acid supplementation immediately.
(2) Allergic constitution is also not suitable for eating, prone to allergies, such as a rash throughout the body, red and itchy skin, severe cases may appear anaphylactic shock, which is not worth the loss, so if there is this situation try not to eat.
(3) People with stomach ulcers are not suitable for eating, at this time eating is easy to cause some patients to vomit, nausea symptoms, so at this time should try to avoid taking.
(4) People who do not lack folic acid should not take it, if, every day can eat fresh vegetables and fruits, meat is also normal to eat, every three to five can ingest animal offal, can even guarantee the daily intake, not suitable for additional supplementation.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="56" what to eat > to supplement folic acid? </h1>
1. Fresh green leafy vegetables
Fresh green leafy vegetables such as spinach, artemisia annua, hollow cabbage and even sweet potato leaves are OK, to ensure that three meals every month, there must be, if for some reasons there is a meal can not ingest vegetables, then another meal can eat more vegetables to make up for it.
2. Fresh fruit
You can use fresh fruit, but should not eat more, because some fruits are not particularly sweet to eat but the sugar content is relatively high, blood sugar patients should pay extra attention, the most recommended use of kiwifruit, not only high folic acid content, but also can prevent glaucoma, one a day can be.
3. Animal food
Pig liver and other animal offal, eggs, pork, mutton, beef and the like; some beauty lovers do not eat red meat in order to lose weight, which will cause iron deficiency anemia in the long run, so everyone should not reject red meat
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="57" how to prevent stroke >? </h1>
In addition to what we mentioned earlier, the big principle is to reduce the intake of fat.
1, drink low-fat milk, or soy milk, do not like to drink soy milk can also eat beans, tofu, dried tofu and other soy products.
2. Supplementing unsaturated fatty acids can eat deep-sea fish to protect the blood vessels in the brain.
3. Quit smoking and alcohol, long-term smoking and drinking is one of the important factors of the disease, which will accelerate the frontal sclerosis of cerebral blood vessels and improve the probability of the onset of the disease.
4, maintain a stable state of mind, remember the great sorrow and joy, do not get angry, excited, do not do strenuous exercise, especially when the elderly go to the toilet must be slow, get up too fast after falling down is also easy to cause.
5. Regular physical examination, early detection of symptoms, go to regular hospitals for examination, you can regularly go to blood draw and do ultrasound, symptomatic treatment.
Everyone hopes that they and their families can live healthily, but the secret of maintaining good health is actually known to everyone, that is, to maintain a healthy diet, exercise regularly, and maintain a good attitude; this is the only way without side effects, too dependent on drugs to live superstitious so-called health care products, will bring side effects from other aspects with the body, if you need additional supplements, you must go to the regular hospital to consult a doctor after following the doctor's instructions, I hope that everyone can have a healthy body.