Individuals on steak-only or steak-and-eggs diets may develop folate deficiencies, leading to elevated homocysteine levels, which are linked to impaired methylation and folate cycles. — Whalespan
Individuals on steak-only or steak-and-eggs diets may develop folate deficiencies, leading to elevated homocysteine levels, which are linked to impaired methylation and folate cycles.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“and in the people I work with on carnivore or carnivore ish diets when they are on steak only or steak and eggs it's not uncommon to have folate deficiencies and lower levels of folate in the blood and the red blood cells leading to higher levels of homocysteine etc homocysteine being one of the products of the methylation cycle the folate cycle would requires bioactive folate to function and riboflavin to get that MTHFR enzyme working”