Nutrition Biochemistry

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  • folic acid cycle

    I'm having trouble finding a good description of the folic acid cycle. I'm wanting to know what forms of folic acid/folate are best to counter the effects of the two common MTHFR mutations. It seems clear that 5-MTHF (food source folate) is best for the 677 mutation. It's less intuitive to me that…

    By Shannon

    Feb 19, 2009

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  • "folic acid vs. folate"

    I have an interesting and confusing issue I'm trying to untangle. I'm in the process of qualifying the Garden of Life products to be included in our Buyer's Club. Here is my dilemma with their description of their "whole food form as The nutrient that we begin with is usually isolated from a…

    By Pat Robinson

    Jan 26, 2011

    3

  • Resources

    Please share links to blogs, sites, videos and resources about Nutrition Biochemistry!

    By Pat Robinson

    Aug 7, 2010

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  • lemon juice

    I'm trying to figure out what exactly is going on when you use lemon juice to support the kidneys. I think my kidneys are my weak point, and it seems that dd reacts strongly to me drinking fresh lemon or lime juice on an empty(ish) stomach.…

    By Shannon

    Apr 3, 2009

    2

  • magnesium

    http://george-eby-research.com/html/depression-anxiety.html

    By Shannon

    Apr 4, 2009

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  • blood calcium levels

    Things that affect blood calcium levels:calcium absorption from dietparathyroid hormone (PTH) controls bone resorption to increase blood calcium levels when they drop too lowvitamin D affects how well calcium is absorbed and transportedvitamin A inhibits the action of vitamin Dvitamin K2 takes…

    By Shannon

    Mar 18, 2009

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  • glutathione

    Glutathione is made from cysteine, glycine and glutamate, using the enzymes gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (glutamate+glycine) and glutathione synthetase (adds the glycine).Cysteine is supposed to be the limiter. Cysteine comes from breaking down homocysteine, which depends on magnesium and…

    By Shannon

    Apr 2, 2009

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  • ammonia

    ammonia is converted into urea using two molecules of BH4 (tetrabiopterin)alpha ketoglutarate binds with two ammonia ions to make glutamatecarnitine protects against high glutamate levels

    By Shannon

    Apr 2, 2009

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  • histamine

    calcium mediates histamine somehowantihistamines increase your chance of cavities (just lost the good link, it has to do with asthma medication)…

    By Shannon

    Apr 1, 2009

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  • vitamin A

    http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1242312"...retinoic acid attenuates B cell proliferation to promote maturation and differentiation into antibodies."

    By Shannon

    Mar 31, 2009

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