Doctor, Thank u in adv for your time.To give u a brief history of me:36yo,male, 5'10,210lb,fairshape, NEVER SMOKED/drugs,&rarely drink. Family hist- Grandfather had stroke in70's.My parents r in their 60's no issus.
I recently had a cardio work up b/c I was inbest health in years(wanted to get best rate on Life Ins). I followed a diet called "Heart healthy revolution" which focus on B vits & DASH diet.my weight dropped from 240 to 210& I felt much better.Prior to this diet my cholest(total 230) and BP was low boarderline.I was so happy with my weight loss& how i felt I decidedto get all MY BLOOD WORK COMPLETED.This is what it showed:
Cholestrol: HDL52 - LDL 101 an TOTAL was around 170's
TRIS- 105
SUGAR WAS GREAT(CANT REMEBER)
C-REACTIVE CRP - .3 (yes VERY LOW UNDER 1)
homocysteine - THIS WAS THE SHOCKER 21.0 (I ALMOST FEEL OVER)
BLOOD PRES AVE 120/70
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS FINE ON MY BLOOD WORK
I did have a EKG and a STREE ECHO from my CARDIO too.. (ALL WAS GREAT)- competed 14mins Bruce proto)
Well I did not let my HIGH homocysteine put me down! I decided to go out and BUY 150$ worth of homocysteine reducing supplements(B vitamens, TMG, Chorine- everything would be 1000% of DV), but then I thought to myself wait WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT B VITAMEN BLOOD LEVELS before u take 1000's to 5000% HIGH THAN DAILY AMOUNTS
So I decided to have VIT BLOOD LEVELS check & I was shocked because my BLOOD LEVELS were HIGH
B12- 500-700(cant remember)
B6- 70's VERY HIGH(almost toxic)
Folate- >26(VERY HIGH)
everything else mag,zinx, iodine- were fine..
So now I was at a loss.. My CARDIO Doctor said "Dont stress about it and DONT TAKE HIGH AMOUNTS OF FOLATE b/c it has been shown to be bad for your HEART.. He said keep eating healthy and exercise. He said more than likely u have the ?MUT? something GENE and even if u lower your homocystein levels it may not lower ur risk.I AM stressed about this. Should I get 2nd opinion? He said 20% of populat have it?
THANKS.Don