Part 2 – All Things Undermethylation With Methylation Expert Dr. Albert Mensah
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Part two of my three-part series with methylation expert Dr. Albert Mensah.
1:40 - Is it ever appropriate and/or helpful to combine pharmaceutical approaches with nutraceutical strategies for mental health in the context of methylation?
4:13 - SAMe – a natural SSRI?
7:35 - The SERT gene, SAMe, folate and various other ways one’s methyl status impacts serotonin
10:20 - SAM to SAH ratio test: how and why this test can render actionable data Methylation profile/SAM to SAH ratio test
17:50 - Ways the SAM to SAH ratio test can become skewed
11:50 - What actually is homocysteine both in the context of methylation and in general? Do homocysteine levels correlate to methyl status?
26:15 - Glycine: have this amino acid’s methyl-buffering effects been overstated?
28:50 - Methionine: the concerns over excess methionine. Overstated and out of context?
31:17 - Folate, folic acid and cancer
32:40 - Folate pathway via MTHFR. Is it the main pathway, as most “experts" would have you believe, or is it the backup pathway to re-methylating homocysteine?
Methylation Pathway Visual Aid
SSRI 101 Visual Aid
Mensahmedical.com
Listen to the Accompanying Episode Here: Methylation: A Primer to My interview with Dr. Albert Mensah
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