High Homocysteine ​​Diet

The diet to be adopted in the presence of high homocysteine ​​is a diet that particularly takes care of the supply of water-soluble B vitamins.

What is Homocysteine

Homocysteine ​​is an intermediate and unstable product of methionine (dietary amino acid); physiologically, it circulates 80% bound to plasma proteins (albumin) and 20% free in plasma in both reduced and oxidized form.

The homocysteine ​​metabolism is regulated by some B vitamins, therefore, their significant and prolonged deficit can cause hyperhomocysteinemia: concentration greater than or equal to 12µmol / L.

The metabolic conversion of homocysteine ​​depends on:

• Folic acid, Riboflavin (vit B2), Cobalamine (B12), Betaine and Zinc, which allow its re-methylation into methionine
• Pyridoxine (vit B6) which determines its transulfuration or degradation into cysteine