Re: methylation and suicide

October 29, 2008

Hi, Amy.

Thanks for posting this. As you may know, I'm encouraging people to

test their methylation cycle function using the Vitamin Diagnostics,

Inc. methylation panel. Most people with CFS are coming out with

glutathione depletion and a partial methylation cycle block on this

panel, i.e. low methylation capacity. In that case, I suggest that

they consider a relatively simple and inexpensive treatment for it.

This treatment is helping a lot of people.

There is also an issue involving methylation in cancer. There is a

global hypomethylation of the DNA, with islands of hypermethylation. I

don't think it's understood yet how this comes about.

Issues like cancer and suicide in connection with methylation convince

me that testing first is a good idea. The goal of the treatment is to

bring the methylation cycle function back to normal, not to make it

excessive.

Thanks again.

Rich

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> please share this wiht any cfids, mcs, lyme , infections, EI groups.

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> there are suicides in our communities, and perhaps if drs knew about

> this methylation issue they would treat it.

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October 29, 2008

" amydent9 " <amydent9@...> wrote:

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[excerpt:]

" The rate of methylation in the suicide brains was almost

10 times that of the other group. "

Comment:

Following on Pheiffer's work, I could see this in

Bipolar I especially, which is known to have a high

suicide rate.

Carol W.

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