What is betaine, and how can it help improve your health? Betaine is actually produced in the body, and is related to cellular reproduction, enhanced function of the liver, but also generating carnitine. Also known as trimethylglycine (TMG) or betaine anhydrous, it provides aid in the metabolizing of homocysteine, an amino acid. Thanks to this application, it was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be used in the treatment of a specific condition that appears as a result of a large homocysteine build-up in one’s body. However, the exact connection between heart disease and high levels of homocysteine has yet to be established. We do not know for sure if homocysteine is dangerous in itself or if it simply signals a higher risk of …show more content…
A combination of folic acid, B 12, B6 and betaine can help avoid that scenario by minimizing the level of homocysteine. Attention! If you are currently undergoing treatment for heart disease, be aware of the fact that betaine can cause your cholesterol levels to rise, which is counterproductive. Test your blood for homocysteine and respect the indications of your physician. ● Homocystinuria Scientists have also discovered that betaine can successfully be used to prevent a genetic condition known as homocystinuria. The homocysteine build-up can lead to very early osteoporosis. Betaine works in lowering levels of homocysteine, which, in too high amounts, can cause strokes and other heart-related diseases. ● Dry Mouth Dry mouth has been found to be helped or alleviated by the content of betaine in toothpaste. If the toothpaste you use does not contain this substance, betaine is available in powder form, if you wish to supplement your product at home. Where can you naturally get betaine
Beginning the case study, we are introduced with the call from the British Medical Research Council (MRC) being informed of the significant results showing the benefits of folic acid and the reductions of NTS’s. The next step for the United States was to decide amongst the CDC and the FDA on the best way to implement these results to women of childbearing age. At that point in time, there were only a few ways to ingest folic acid, which brought
This patient has been seen every 6 months for a focused physical examination with a total cholesterol, liver function panel and a FPG to evaluate his diabetes status and cholesterol management program. He has attended nutrition counseling in the past and has complied with lifestyle modifications including diet and exercise resulting in a weight loss of eight pounds over the past year. Over the pasts twelve months, this patient’s total cholesterol levels have significantly improved from 280 mg/dL to 190 mg/dL. This is the second time h...
Vitamin B12 deficiency limits selenium methylation and excretion resulting in higher tissue selenium levels and subsequent toxicity. It occurs in people whose digestive systems do not adequately absorb the vitamin from the foods they eat. Vegetarians who eat eggs and milk products are the most at risk because, on average, they consume less than half the adult vitamin B12 Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) while strict vegans (who don't eat any animal products, including meat, eggs, or milk) are at an even greater risk. Vitamin B12 is important since it works with the vitamin folate to make the body’s genetic material and help keep levels of the amino acid homocysteine in check which helps to decrease heart disease risk. It is also essential in the production of red blood cells which carry oxygen through the blood to the body’s tissues. Life Extension gives offers some of selenium supplements. Babies who are born of parents with low selenium and vitamin B12 rich foods are at risk of anaemia.
...ilure is highly among the older populations and in developing nations. As individuals age, they are more prone to hypertension, atrial fibrillation, CAD, DM, MI and obesity, etc., leading to heart failure. Abnormalities of heart function are higher with increasing decade of life, particularly from age 50 years. Besides, the comorbidities occurs more in developed countries due to the different lifestyles. More people in developing countries are obese, diabetic and living longer, etc. All these issue stress the heart and eventually lead to heart failure (Krum & Abraham, ).
Overall, chromium picolinate works to control hunger, spare protein and stimulate metabolism. "In order to control the appetite, especially reduce sugar cravings, chromium picolinate sensitizes the 'glucostat' in the brain that monitors blood sugar availability and tells the body when it's hungry or not hungry. In order to spare protein, chromium picolinate 'sensitzes' muscle to insulin, and helps to preserve muscle in dieters so that they burn more fat and less muscle. This preservation of lean body mass has an important long-term positive effect on metabolic rate. This process helps dieters keep off the fat that they lose. It works because insulin directly stimulates protein synthesis and retards protein breakdown in muscles. During low calorie diets, as insulin levels decline , the 'protein sparing' process also declines. Chromium picolinate also stimulates metabolism. In order to do this, chromium picolinate aides the heat producing effects of insulin .
In the movie A Beautiful Mind, the description of schizophrenia is shown in many accurate ways. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) states that the symptoms of this disease are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or unorganized or catatonic behavior. People with schizophrenia are also socially withdrawn and awkward when in contact with other people. These traits of the sickness are shown in detail throughout the movie by way of the character John Nash’s struggle with the disease. Nash is a very intelligent professor but believes he is working with the government to foil a Soviet attack plot. Nash eventually goes onto win a Nobel Prize for one of his theories. The movie shows the effects of schizophrenia on not only one man, but also on the friends and family of the ill individual. Treatment is discussed but not to any great length due to him ignoring the doctor’s orders on medication. Overall the movie shows some very prevalent traits of the disease in great detail during certain parts of the film.
In “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop, the narrator attempts to understand the relationship between humans and nature and finds herself concluding that they are intertwined due to humans’ underlying need to take away from nature, whether through the act of poetic imagination or through the exploitation and contamination of nature. Bishop’s view of nature changes from one where it is an unknown, mysterious, and fearful presence that is antagonistic, to one that characterizes nature as being resilient when faced against harm and often victimized by people. Mary Oliver’s poem also titled “The Fish” offers a response to Bishop’s idea that people are harming nature, by providing another reason as to why people are harming nature, which is due to how people are unable to view nature as something that exists and goes beyond the purpose of serving human needs and offers a different interpretation of the relationship between man and nature. Oliver believes that nature serves as subsidence for humans, both physically and spiritually. Unlike Bishop who finds peace through understanding her role in nature’s plight and acceptance at the merging between the natural and human worlds, Oliver finds that through the literal act of consuming nature can she obtain a form of empowerment that allows her to become one with nature.
A well-balanced diet contains all the necessary vitamins, and most individuals who follow such a diet can correct any previous vitamin deficiencies. However, persons who are on special diets, who are suffering from intestinal disorders that prevent normal absorption of nutrients, or who are pregnant or lactating may need particular vitamin supplements to bolster their metabolism. Beyond such real needs, vitamin supplements are also often popularly believed to offer "cures" for many diseases, from colds to cancer; but in fact the body quickly eliminates most of these preparations without absorbing them. In addition, the fat-soluble vitamins can block the effect of other vitamins and even cause severe poisoning when taken in excess.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2009). Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Annals of Internal Medicine, 150, 626–631.
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The tendency to build up high cholesterol may run in families, but extremely high levels are usually the result of a poor diet high in saturated fats and calories, along with little or no exercise. In some cases, high levels of cholesterol may be associated with undiagnosed medical symptoms such as diabetes or low thyroid function. According to the American Heart Association, there would eventually be a 50 percent lower rate of heart disease if Americans would lower their blood cholesterol levels by 25 percent. These statements find confirmation in a 1984 report done by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institution on the results of a 10 year study. It showed that for every 1 percent of lowered cholesterol, the chances of a heart attack are lowered by 2 percent.
Leucine, also known as 2-amino-4-methylpentanoic acid, along with isoleucine and valine are the three branched chained amino acids (BCAA’S). (Homes HC,et al(1995),(Yeh YY(1984) These three amino acids are essential amino acids (EAA’S) meaning that they do not self produce and these must be got from our diet from protein sources or through supplementation. BCAA’s contribute 35% of EAA’S in muscle protein and 40% of the preformed Amino Acids required by mammals and they can be oxidized in the skeletal muscle whereas other EAAs are catabolised in the liver. (Shimomura et al., 2004) Leucine can be consumed as a supplement on its own or else it can be taken in a BCAA supplement containing all three amino acids. Leucine
Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that plays an important role in DNA synthesis and nerve function. It is contained in high amounts in animal derived foods such as milk, eggs, and meat. The vitamin is stored in the liver long-term. Individuals with vegetarian, vegan, or other forms of restricted diet may develop the condition after approximately 6 months as liver stores of vitamin B12 become depleted. Some individuals develop the condition due to autoimmune destruction of cells in the stomach that produce intrinsic factor. Intrinsic factor is necessary for proper absorption of vitamin B12 in the small intestine.
However, individuals suffering from muscle wasting conditions, such as sarcopenia, cannot use TBA to treat their condition due to undesirable side effects. Recent research indicates that testosterone enhances skeletal muscle growth through alterations to the polyamine (PA) biosynthetic pathway. In order to determine the role that testosterone and polyamines have on skeletal muscle growth, we treated mouse myoblast cells (C2C12) with differing concentrations of TBA, the PA precursor ornithine (ORN), and the three polyamines: putrescine (PUT), spermidine (SPD) and spermine (SPE) and analyzed proliferation rate. We hypothesize muscle cell cultures induced to differentiate in the presence of ornithine, putrescine, spermidine and spermine will have enhanced
Cocamidopropyl Betaine has grown in use in recent years. It is now used in numerous products including shower gels, bath foam, liquid soaps, skin care products, and hand wash detergents. In all these products, it’s purpose remains constant; to provide the foam with a boost thus making the cleaning solution more effective. Aside from being a foam booster, Cocamidopropyl Betaine fulfills many more purposes. It can be used as an anti-static agent, hair conditioning agent, skin-conditioning agent, surfactant - cleansing agent, and viscosity increasing agent (source: Environmental Working Group).