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Hi!
Although you may already be a savvy practitioner, I am certain you will learn something new in this video about Methylation Myths, Truths, and Pitfalls for Practitioners. You’ll walk away with pages of notes and practical pearls you can use in your practice right away.
Here are some of the things we’ll be discussing:
- Testing for Methylation status – the bad, the good and the ugly. From everyday labs to esoteric Functional Lab markers.
- Still treating the genetics? – This is Not Functional Medicine at its Best.
- The alternative methylation pathways that even savvy practitioners often don’t know or don’t use.
- The B vitamin you’re most likely forgetting – and why it’s so important.
- Yes, MTHFR is a celebrity SNP. But what about the other common gotchas?
- Supplements not helping? Drugs, drinks, dysbiosis, and other Don’t-miss typical pitfalls.
- The most important function of methylation? It may not be what you think!
- From allergies to cardiovascular disease, from breast cancer to mental health – can You confidently explain How impaired methylation plays a role in these and much more?
- Surprising patient intake pearls that should inspire you to explore methylation further.
- You’re looking for Homocysteine to not be too high. But what if it’s too low?
- Supplements can be helpful, but food is always first. Are you able to teach your patients about methylation-supportive foods?
Thank you very much for joining in the fun and learning! Please share your detailed thoughts below in the “Ask a Question” area about what inspired you in this presentation! Include what type of practitioner you are, so that we can all see your unique perspective.
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69 Questions for “Methylation Myths, Truths, and Pitfalls for Practitioners”
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Begona Martinez says:
Thank you Tracy for this webinar. One of the many pearls I take is that : We need B6 to recycle homocysteine to isolate cysteine to make glutathione, however in a diet high in animal food, adding NAC, may not help very much, we have to consider adding glycine,, to improve glutathione synthesis. Glycine is also and amino acids and a inhibitory neurotransmitter ( good to take it at night with the nightcap tea), and I assume that is one of the reasons why the supplement of magnesium glycinate increases GABA. Increasing Glycine by eating bone broth or collagen rich meat can assist the sulfation pathway in the liver
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Susan Green says:
Thank you Tracy. From a personal perspective as someone with homozygous C677t, and pernicious anemia, this talk was personally meaningful to me (and I’ll be watching again a few times). One pearl that I would like to learn more about the “choline bypass” to convert homocysteine to methionine and the importance of dietary sources of choline to convert to betaine. Also the importance of B2 in addition to, and maybe more important than, folate, for MTHFR gene activation.
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Thank you Tracy! I’m a health coach. This was a great explanation about the methylation cycle. I could picture it very well as a wheel. What inspired and what was new to me is the choline-betaine bridge across it, as an alternative for methylation. I definitely am interested in learning more about choline and betaine’s roles in methylation, very fascinating!
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Purvi Shah says:
Thank you for today!
The pearls that stood out were choline in foods, DAO competing for alcohol and thinking of b vitamins and how they work together- considering a b complex.Thanks!
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Katherine says:
Thank you, Tracy. This was maybe one of my favorite discussions! I love how you talked about bio-individuality and how there really is no “good” or “ “bad” but rather each individual has a unique presentation that embodies their genetics, environmental factors, current stressors and pathogenic insults. And one individual’s situation can change with time based on these factors so perhaps what was once beneficial may not be the best choice always such as in your example of alcohol. Someone may benefit from small amounts of alcohol for relaxation purposes and activating the parasympathetic response but perhaps if they experience a viral load or pathogen, alcohol may be detrimental and the course of action needs to be altered. It becomes an art! Always evaluating the whole picture-reassessing and considering upstream causes to address the root problem (s) which may not always point to simply genetics. Thank you for always keeping us humble and focused on all the possibilities!
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Repetition breeds retention truly!! I love Tracy I love SAFM!! Amazing revision and brush up of all the facts we had learnt regarding methylation during the studying for AFMC but yet every time I hear Tracy I learn so much more. I loved the suggestions of food for choline and betaine and reminding me the huge benefits of glycine once again.
I was reminded that just being within range is “Not OK ” 🙂 -
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Lori Mouratoff says:
Thank you Tracey! I love the food recommendations for Betaine- spinach and beets and the reminder to care for the accessory methylation pathway involving TMG, Choline, yes very enjoyable talk.
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Thank you again Tracy for explaining the definition of methylation as the biochemical oscillation between methionine and homocysteine by tossing a methyl group between the 2 amino acids and in generating bioavailable methyl groups in the form of SAME. I loved learning the true purpose of methylation being keeping our genetic activation optimized in terms of ALL KINDS OF GENES.
REMEMBERING ABOUT VITAMIN B2 ( Riboflavin ) was key as well.
So many clinical pearls i took 10 pages of notes!! Wow..
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Thank you again Tracy! The process of methylation is so interesting and complex. Thank you for continuing to clarify these things for us.