Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 thanks for the replies, off to check out my ds tests. we do mB12 anyway but he has not been a big responder (as with everthing :+( ), will be interesting to see if he has high levels or not. Nikki xxx > > Hi > > Organix urine test available via your DAN practitioner. > Can also be done via IWDL. > > I think Diane beat me to the answer. > Methylmalonate would be high. > Under Methylation co-factors number 20. > The Ref levels upto 4.8. so if its high indicates need for B12 > > Copied text from metametrix. > > Methlymalonate. > This compound is converted into succinic acid using a vitamin B12- > dependent enzyme, methylmalonyl CoA mutase (Fig 1). The lack of > vitamin B12 impairs this conversion as well as the one in which > methionine is recovered from homocysteine, leading to accumulation > of methylmalonate. As discussed above, high levels indicate a > functional deficiency of vitamin B12. A differential diagnosis can > be made when considering both methylmalonate and the amino acid, > homocysteine. If homocysteine is also elevated, both B12 and folate > functional deficiencies are indicated. If only homocysteine is high, > folate and B6 supplementation are suggested. If methylmalonate only > is elevated, only B12 supplementation is needed [25]. > > Rocket science ! > > Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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