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Researchers from California, Massachusetts and the Netherlands recently compared the diets of adults ages 35 to 84 with coronary heart disease. They found that grain enriched with folic acid decreased coronary heart disease risk by 8 percent in women and 13 percent in men. Additional vitamin supplement intake over a 10-year period resulted in 310,000 fewer deaths and lower healthcare costs.

Three years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration required all grain products to contain enough folic acid to help decrease risk for coronary heart disease. Now, researchers say people can protect themselves even more by taking vitamins along with their grain.

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, age is the single strongest predictor of coronary heart disease risk. In men 45 years old or older without coronary heart disease, vitamin supplementation was predicted to save more than $2 billion in healthcare costs. Vitamins have the greatest impact in treatment of women older than 55 years and without coronary heart disease.

As reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, (2001;286:936-943), study authors from the University of California at San Francisco commented that doctors should consider age and sex before recommending vitamin supplementation for coronary heart disease prevention. "It is reasonable to consider routine therapy in men older than 45 years and women older than 55 years."

Information provided is courtesy of and compiled by the Academy of Anti-Aging Research.