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Genetic Genie is setting off a lot of bogosity warning bells in my head. Yes, epigenetic methylation is associated with increased risk for all sorts of chronic
by bhickey 10y ago
Genetic Genie is setting off a lot of bogosity warning bells in my head.
Yes, epigenetic methylation is associated with increased risk for all sorts of chronic illnesses. And, yes, oxidative stress influences heritable methylation. At the same time, the site appears to be peddling its own brand of alternative medicine woo and affiliate links.
- amelius 10y agoCheck this out: http://geneticgenie.org/blog/2013/02/01/think-supporting-methylation-is-an-alternative-health-fad/ http://geneticgenie.org/blog/2013/02/01/think-supporting-met...
- bhickey 10y agoYes, and? The entire website stinks of snake oil. The AJHG paper they cite to is talking about folate and methylation in the context of fetal abnormalities. This is a whole different beast from feeding adults B12 vitamins and hoping for the best.
- amelius 10y ago> and hoping for the best Well you are supposed to do a blood test for the metabolites that occur in the methylation pathway, to see if the cycle is running correctly. Not sure if that is mentioned on this particular site, but this is what people are doing for example on this ME/CFS forum [1] > The entire website stinks of snake oil You could still be right about this (or not), of course. I'd also like to see some clinical trials of this approach. [1] http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/methylation-pathways-panel.4711/ http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/methylation...