Episode 331: Homocysteine and Methylation

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.8 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Do you know your homocysteine level? What can homocysteine tell us about our methylation and overall health status? How can you lower elevated homocysteine? If it seems like we’re speaking a foreign language, don’t worry, we break it all down in today’s episode all about this important biomarker! Elevated homocysteine levels can be brought on by gene mutations like MTHFR as well as medications, poor diet, toxin exposure, hormone imbalances, and stress. B vitamins from our food and supplements act as methyl donors that help keep your body's homocysteine at healthy levels and methylation working optimally. Learn how to assess homocysteine, what elevated levels mean, and how you can lower them with diet, lifestyle and supplementation! Also in this episode: Wellness in Wimberley - Save the date for May 20-21! Heart Health Webinar - February 22 12pm CST - Register Here What is homocysteine?Episode 325 All About Glutathione What causes high homocysteine?Episode 214 Genetic SNP Review and Medical Autonomy How to test homocysteineCardioMetabolic Panel - enjoy $20 off with FEB20 55 SNP Genetic Test How homocysteine elevation drives disease risk The hypertension homocysteine connectionGabaCalm Episode 143 Functional Approaches to Blood Pressure Highs and Lows New Evidence for Homocysteine Lowering for Management of Treatment-Resistant Hypertension How to address high homocysteine Consume real food forms of B vitaminsLiver Pills Liver Meatloaf Liver Meatballs Force of Nature Ancestral Blends Support Detoxification10 Day Detox Sunlighten Sauna get up to $600 off with ALIMILLERRD Focus on homocysteine lowering nutrients: Riboflavin, Folate, B6, B12, CholineB-12 Boost Cellular Antiox Methyl Complete - NEW! EPA DHA Extra Relax and Regulate Sponsors for this episode: This episode is sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They've partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.
0:12.7	Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes
0:18.3	for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.
0:22.6	From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself
0:28.3	back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes
0:35.1	only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Allie Miller, and her co-host Becky You.
0:43.2	Welcome to episode 331 of the Naturally Nourished Podcast.
0:47.4	In today's episode, we'll be digging deep into a biomarker that you've probably heard
0:52.0	us reference before, but maybe you don't really know
0:56.0	what it means. Homocysteine. So today we'll be talking about what it is, why it matters.
1:02.7	This is essentially a marker that can tell us if there is vascular inflammation or rigidity
1:08.7	in the vessels. And spoil alert, this can lead to elevated blood pressure and all kinds of other health
1:16.1	manifestations.
1:17.6	Today we're going to cover what exactly homocysteine is, what it can tell you about your
1:22.1	health status, how it can drive disease, and what to do if it is elevated.
1:26.2	And then we'll also talk some on the connection
1:28.8	with blood pressure and other cardiovascular concerns and how we can work to lower homocysteine
1:36.6	to drive whole body health. Yes. So we started to talk a little bit last episode about the role
1:43.1	of methylation and the role of B vitamins,
1:45.8	which also, spoiler alert, we're going to be nerding out on in today's episode with just a different
1:50.2	approach. And as we share with you in February, this is the time of year often when we think
1:55.5	of heart health. And so we have some content coming out over the next couple weeks, including a guest to speak on updates on heart health.
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