Recommendation Stress Management"It was recently found that periods of stress increase serum homocysteine, an amino acid known to be a significant risk factor for coronary artery disease..."
Relationship to Atherosclerosis"Multiple studies indicate that 15-30% percent of patients with premature occlusive vascular disease have moderately elevated total plasma homocysteine concentrations..."
Relationship to Depression"...The methyl group provided by normal homocysteine metabolism is necessary for the production of depression-relieving neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine..."
Relationship to Ulcerative Colitis"...Importantly, as homocysteine levels rose in the patients with IBD, so did the clinical ratings of IBD disease severity, including its length of duration and the use of steroid medications to treat it..."
The Condition"...As a major consequence of folic acid deficiency - a particular problem with the elderly - elevated homocysteine impairs DNA repair..." Recommendation Vitamin Folic Acid"A deficiency of vitamin B12 is associated with elevated homocysteine levels and folic acid is essential for its proper metabolism..." Recommendation Vitamin B12 (Cobalamine)"Since most people with a high homocysteine level don't get enough folic acid, vitamin B6 or B12 in their diet, supplementing with these vitamins helps return homocysteine to normal levels..."
The Condition"...S-Aadenosylhomocysteine, which is the precursor of homocysteme, appears to be a more sensitive marker for differentiating cardiovascular patients from control subjects than homocysteine..." Relationship to Premature/Signs of Aging"...This included ... a 50% rise in deaths from cardiovascular disease..."
The Condition"...As a major consequence of folic acid deficiency - a particular problem with the elderly - elevated homocysteine impairs DNA repair..." Recommendation Vitamin B12 (Cobalamine)"Since most people with a high homocysteine level don't get enough folic acid, vitamin B6 or B12 in their diet, supplementing with these vitamins helps return homocysteine to normal levels..." Recommendation Folic Acid"A deficiency of vitamin B12 is associated with elevated homocysteine levels and folic acid is essential for its proper metabolism..."
Relationship to Ulcerative Colitis"...As expected, those with vitamin B12 deficiency tended to have higher homocysteine levels..." Relationship to Vitamin B-Complex Requirement"..."Homocysteine may, in fact, be a more sensitive marker of vitamin B12, B6 or folate deficiency and… may precede deficiency of circulating vitamins..." Recommendation Vitamin B12 (Cobalamine)"Since most people with a high homocysteine level don't get enough folic acid, vitamin B6 or B12 in their diet, supplementing with these vitamins helps return homocysteine to normal levels..." Recommendation Folic Acid"A deficiency of vitamin B12 is associated with elevated homocysteine levels and folic acid is essential for its proper metabolism..."
Relationship to Ulcerative Colitis"...a much higher risk of both thromboses and osteoporosis, a team of researchers from McGill University in Montreal explored the idea that homocysteine excess may play an important role in this chronic gastrointestinal disease..."