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A recent study done in the Netherlands showed that betaine can lower homocysteine levels in as little as two weeks. Researchers measured homocysteine levels of 15 subjects, then instructed them to take betaine for two weeks without making any other changes at all to their diet. Two weeks later, the subjects' levels were measured again and showed a significant decrease.
But the really impressive results came when the researchers tested betaine on people that had critically high levels of homocysteine. Those patients experienced drops in their homocysteine levels of up to 75 percent!
Remember how I've been telling you that your doctor was wrong about advising you to limit eggs in your diet? And how I've flailed at the American Heart Association at every opportunity for getting restaurants to put a little red heart next to items that the AHA recommended as "Heart Safe"? And that I said: "Never eat anything labeled as 'Cholesterol-Free,' 'Low- Fat' or recommended by the American Heart Association'"? Boy, I LOVE this job - almost as much as I love being right!
But what does all of that have to do with betaine? Well, eggs are your best source for betaine. That means the AHA and all the doctors, following the AHA diktats, added to your risk of heart disease by recommending their nutrition-free donkey diet.
Actions to take:
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Your first line of defense against homocysteine:
Don't eat meat that has been cooked to death.
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Be sure you get plenty of vitamin B6 (500 milligrams per day), vitamin B12 (800
micrograms per day), and folic acid (800 micrograms per day).
- And don't forget to add betaine, our new rust buster, to your daily
supplement regimen. You can buy betaine supplements and take 2 grams a day.
Or, you can get your betaine an easier (and cheaper) way by
remembering the following lesson:
A raw egg a day keeps the doctor-
and the AHA - away. You can disguise the raw egg any way you want. Mix it in a salad or some other food, and you won't even know it's there.
William Campbell Douglas II, MD
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