Nathan777
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- Nov 29, 2017
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Quick question maybe you guys can give some insight into. I'm homozygous MTHFR C677T (does it matter, maybe, maybe not, but worth mentioning) and had my doctor check my homocysteine level last appointment based on that. Homocysteine came back at 13.9, which is technically in range (5-15), but obviously not healthy for a 31 year old male based on numerous studies that I've seen. So homocysteine is easy enough to lower - B12, methylfolate, P5P, TMG, B1, lower methionine intake, etc., but I also keep seeing that lowering homocysteine doesn't actually improve cardiovascular and neurodegenerative outcomes. So is elevated homocysteine just a marker for something else and typical B vitamin "treatment" is merely correcting a lab value rather than tackling whatever is actually causing the elevation? And if so any idea what that might be and how to correct whatever the real issue is?