Thirty years ago an American scientist showed that a little-known compound could cause artery damage in children and it was very often elevated in adults with advanced heart disease. It is only now that scientist are admitting that Dr McCully had actually discovered perhaps the most important of all cardiovascular disease risk factors – homocysteine.
Fortunately, the defence against homocysteine is simple and inexpensive: optimal intake of the Vitamins B6, B12 and folic acid.
> The H-Factor by Patrick Holford
Homocysteine – The new Cholesterol
November 10, 2003