We
had our annual Homecoming in February and a Stem Cell Seminar in
March. Each time, Methylation was a huge topic. You cannot talk of
the body’s own stem cells, health, wellness, mitochondrial function or
dis-ease without talking of the many genetic SNPs and methylation.
Methylation
or the faulty process thereof can be a missing link in all your
complicated patients. Dr Harris has developed a test kit and specific
nutrition to help solve the many problems that genetic SNPs
precipitate. There are large numbers of SNPs that are associated with
methylation. These were discussed in the last two seminars in detail
with much more to come.
Your body needs B vitamins for various health reasons, including
your heart. OHS has specific single nutrients and the naturally
methylated, whole food, predigested B vitamin complex. Along with many
other functions these nutrients are important to reduce your risk of
heart failure, stroke and heart disease.
If you are looking at B Complex and the research results, you will
find very mixed results and even arguments as to whether or not that
statement is true. The explanation is simple: the vitamin sources matter
and those vitamins need to undergo a process called methylation in
advance or they may make you worse.
Methylation is a chemical process that involves moving atoms
around to trigger actions in your body, like metabolism or producing
life-sustaining chemicals like melatonin. Un-methylated or poorly
methylated B vitamins are harder for your body to utilize. If they are
not pre-methylated the body must perform the many steps of the
methylation process itself before the vitamins are useful.
Many people have genetic defects in their methylation process.
Therefore, life protecting and health promoting function can turn into
malfunction and dysfunction if there is inadequate methylation of the B
vitamins given. Dr Harris did an one and a half hour long presentation
on these processes in the February Homecoming Seminar, which is now
available through our office at 480-964-5198. He is also going to
present day-and-a-half seminar beginning in the next couple of months.
As stated, methylation is one of the most essential metabolic
functions. Case histories and scientific articles have demonstrated if
this process is interrupted from environmental conditions, such as toxic
metals, organophosphates, infectious agents, and a wide variety of
environmental toxins. Methylation also degrades with age and is
associated with a large variety of age-related disorders.
Methylation occurs billions of times each second in your body in
every cell. If it does not, you die in a very short time. If there is
insufficient methylation, you develop diseases related to problem areas.
So, it depends on the quality of the B vitamins. If they are properly
methylated or if the patients tested, can methylate the vitamins used,
in any study there are great favorable results. Below is a simplified
list that some of the B’s are used for and where in the body they are
utilized. To repeat, that is, if properly methylated in advance our if
our bodies can methylate them through all of the proper steps, health
and wellness is greatly enhanced.
- Vitamin B1 is used for proper heart and nerve function, along with cardiovascular health.
- Vitamin B2 keeps energy levels up and blood cell health.
- Vitamin B3 regulates cholesterol levels and reduces cardiovascular disease risk.
- Vitamin B5 helps with cardiovascular health, wound healing, reducing bad cholesterol, and manufacturing red blood cells.
- Vitamin B6 helps with energy levels, movement, blood flow, and creating antibodies.
- Vitamin B7 helps with cardiovascular health, muscle and tissue repair and building.
- Vitamin
B9 (Folate) helps protect your heart by helping reduce your risk of
heart disease. It keeps homocysteine levels in check, which among other
things, means no unwanted blood clots.
- Vitamin B12 plays a role in heart and cardiovascular health, energy levels, and your nervous system.