Does Homocystein levels go up on a low fat diet?
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:23 am
Hi Jeff,
I have been following plant based diet as recommended here, I recently had my blood work done and noticed that all other numbers such as TC, LDL, HDL, TGL moving along in the right direction
TC=104
LDL= 47
HDL=45
TGL=59
BMI = 22.8
except Lp(a) = 225 nmol/L (normal < 75 nmol/L)
Homocysteine = 20
Just few months ago Homocystein was 17, while all other numbers have moved in the right direction, homocystein went in the opposite direction. I'm not sure whether this was due to increased dosage of Niaspan as my Niaspan dosage was bumped to 2000 mg to see if that would bring LPa levels down.
Is there any evidence that suggests that homocystein could get worse on a plant based, low fat diet? Anything I could be doing to bring that under normal range? I have been eating greens to get folate but may be not enough I guess. Thanks for your insight.
I have been following plant based diet as recommended here, I recently had my blood work done and noticed that all other numbers such as TC, LDL, HDL, TGL moving along in the right direction
TC=104
LDL= 47
HDL=45
TGL=59
BMI = 22.8
except Lp(a) = 225 nmol/L (normal < 75 nmol/L)
Homocysteine = 20
Just few months ago Homocystein was 17, while all other numbers have moved in the right direction, homocystein went in the opposite direction. I'm not sure whether this was due to increased dosage of Niaspan as my Niaspan dosage was bumped to 2000 mg to see if that would bring LPa levels down.
Is there any evidence that suggests that homocystein could get worse on a plant based, low fat diet? Anything I could be doing to bring that under normal range? I have been eating greens to get folate but may be not enough I guess. Thanks for your insight.