Posted by neuroman on September 28, 2005, at 22:32:00
In reply to Re: AT MY WITS END -- Cholesterol Homocysteine, posted by ed_uk on September 28, 2005, at 15:58:53
Hi Ed,
Methinks something is rotten in the state of Norway, and it isn't the herring. I wouldn't get too hung up on this one study. For one thing it only involved people who already had strokes and MIs. Also, the study did show that the supplements, at very mild doses I might add, did significantly reduce homocysteine levels. Since I'm sure we all agree that elevated homocysteine levels are a bad thing, that's pretty much all I need to know. Besides, one can do a quick search on Pubmed and come up with many more studies that tout the benefits of vitamin B cofactor supplementation. Here are a few that I just found:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16169836&query_hl=1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15951553&query_hl=1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15939064&query_hl=1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15871861&query_hl=1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15871858&query_hl=1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15871857&query_hl=1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15776726&query_hl=1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15694902&query_hl=1I've already had an ultrasound that showed occlusion of my left carotid artery. I'm definitely sticking with the B vitamins. Regardless of what the Norwegians say. :-)
Paul
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