Women Who Run May Benefit from Extra Folic Acid
Posted by hanashi on Jun 01, 2009 · Member since Nov 2007 · 2533 posts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090601/hl_hsn/womenwhorunmaybenefitfromextrafolicacid
"The researchers measured the women's vascular function before and after four to six weeks of treatment with 10 milligrams a day of folic acid. At the end of that time, vascular function had returned to normal in the amenorrheic women and remained at normal levels in the other women."
Interesting, but I think if a runner starts to not get her period, just taking some folic acid is not going to fix the problem. I wish the article expanded a little more on the importance of getting enough sleep, taking in enough calories, not over training, etc.