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The Untold Truth About Homocysteine

…$55 from Holistic Health International. Low homocysteine and high urine sulfate suggests that you would also benefit from changing to a primarily vegan diet and cutting back on foods rich in sulfur compounds. To the extent you can, you should also limit drugs and nutritional supplements that contain…

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A New Study Shows L-Carnitine is Heart-Protective

…waste product produced by certain intestinal bacteria as a result of exposure to L-carnitine and a long-term diet high in red meat. Vegetarians and vegans have much lower levels of TMAO and the carnitine-converting class of bacteria. As you may remember, I wrote a blog about that study urging you not…

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Forks Over Knives - Here's My Take on the China Study

…avoid all foods derived from animals. In my opinion, a strict vegetarian diet will put you behind the nutritional eight ball. Every strict vegetarian (vegan) I’ve examined has had low blood levels of CoQ10, L. carnitine, alpha lipoic acid, and vitamin B12. These are critical nutrients found most abundantly…

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L-Carnitine: The Key To Good Health

…deficiencies in carnitine are rare in healthy, well-nourished people who consume adequate amounts of animal protein, many vegetarians (particularly vegans, or “pure” or “strict” vegetarians) become deficient to some degree. Without meat, eggs, or dairy products, their diets often come up short…

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On the Road with Dr. Sinatra

…California for the Longevity Now Conference, presented by raw food guru David Wolfe in Costa Mesa. The kick-off event was dinner at Au Lac, a local vegan restaurant that served several courses of raw food dishes, along with an elixir to promote digestion and an avocado smoothie at the end of the meal…

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L-Carnitine Is Not Only Safe, It’s Essential

…mice and humans, giving mice a carnitine diet versus a non-carnitine diet. Then, they did the same thing with human meat eaters and compared them to vegan eaters. Then, based on the results, they implicated L-carnitine for contributing to cardiovascular disease—including plaque buildup in the blood vessels…

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