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High homocysteine – It can affect your brain, your heart and your pregnancy.

High homocysteine – It can affect your brain, your heart and your pregnancy.

High homocysteine – it can affect your brain, your heart and your pregnancy. Hyperhomocysteinemia, the condition of having too much homocysteine, causes numerous health issues within the body. If you would like to know more about homocysteine before reading this article, you can check out “What’s All the Fuss about Homocysteine”. This article will cover

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Taurine and Its Role in Bile Synthesis

Taurine and Its Role in Bile Synthesis

Taurine and Its Role in Bile Synthesis Bile, which consists mainly of bile acids and bile salts, aids digestion in the small intestine. Bile and its constituents are produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. Bile acids and bile salts, however, are synthesized in the liver via specific biochemical reactions for bile

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The Importance of Choline and Phospholipids in Your Diet

The Importance of Choline and Phospholipids in Your Diet

The Importance of Choline and Phospholipids in Your Diet Phospholipids, a vital component of all cells, are not only required for structural purpose in the lipid bilayer, but also prevents numerous diseases and general disorders at the cellular level. Our cells will be unable to function in the absence of phospholipids, or lack thereof. Phospholipids

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Folate and Brain

Folate and Brain

Folate and Brain Is 5-MTHF (methylfolate) better for the brain than folic acid? Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is required for the formation of 5-MTHF in the body, and thus MTHFR deficiency reduces the distribution of folate and the balance between folate for nucleotide synthesis as well as methionine synthesis.[i] The consequences are an increase in homocysteine

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How to find out if you have the MTHFR gene mutation

How to find out if you have the MTHFR gene mutation

How to find out if you have the MTHFR gene mutation? MTHFR is an essential enzyme involved in the metabolism of dietary folate and links the folate metabolism with the ‘homocysteine-methionine’ pathway. These pathways are important for optimal cellular functioning – synthesis of amino acids, proteins, lipids, DNA/RNA, gene switching, neurotransmitters, hormones, and immune function.

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Tackling High Cholesterol Issues

Tackling High Cholesterol Issues

Tackling High Cholesterol Issues Should I take statins for high cholesterol? Statins are drugs that block cholesterol synthesis and induce the absorption of accumulated cholesterol in the body.

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Genetic Testing: What You Need to Know

Genetic Testing: What You Need to Know

Genetic Testing: What You Need to Know Genetic testing is the examining of DNA to identify alterations in genes and chromosomes that might be responsible for illnesses and disorders. Through genetic testing, we are able to confirm or exclude a gene in a genetic condition or illness. Further, it also aids in determining the chances

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What is Methylation

What is Methylation

Methylation, the process of activating a molecule through the addition of a methyl group, is required to ensure the proper functioning of metabolic pathways and efficient enzyme activity. Methylation is important in numerous biochemical reactions in the body that control vital processes, such as the regulation of gene expression. Methylation is, essentially, the on/off switches

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What is MTHFR?

What is MTHFR?

The MTHFR gene is responsible for the production of its enzyme MTHFR, which stands for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase. The MTHFR enzyme converts folate, in the presence of cofactors, into the active form, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, for it to be metabolized and used in various biochemical reactions within the human body. This is done through a process called methylation,

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BHMT SNP & B12: Homocysteine Levels and Diseases in Adults and Children

BHMT SNP & B12: Homocysteine Levels and Diseases in Adults and Children

Homocysteine Levels and Diseases in Adults and Children Higher homocysteine level is a critical risk factor in adults and children because it may increase the risks of different health issues related to homocysteine levels in the body. The body has different mechanisms protecting itself from being damaged by elevated homocysteine levels. Different mechanisms work together

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