Folate masking of B12 deficiency would be prevented with 100 mcg cobalamin -- researcher.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
VITAMIN B12 100 MCG DOSE TO OFFSET FOLATE "MASKING" EFFECT suggested by John Lindenbaum, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, at a meeting of the Institute of Medicine's Food & Nutrition Board Panel on Folate and Other B Vitamins in Washington, D.C. March 3-4. "I think probably a dose of 100 mcg of cobalamin [B12] will protect virtually everybody out there with a cobalamin deficiency," he said, adding that the amount needed "may be even lower."