shannah
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Anyone else notice methylfolate lowers your blood pressure? The more I increase, the lower my blood pressure goes.
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No, but personally, that's nice to know. Mine has been too high for 3-4 years. How much has yours dropped?Anyone else notice methylfolate lowers your blood pressure? The more I increase, the lower my blood pressure goes.
@CFS_for_19_years I've been struggling to understand the nitric oxide cycle, Martin Pall's NO/ONOO- formulation. He lists Mfolate and several of the other things on the list to increase peroxynitrite scavenging and decrease NO. I am very confused.
Here are some other natural sources of nitric oxide:
http://anabolicmen.com/boost-nitric-oxide-naturally/
NO is also, HOWEVER, a mediator of inflammation in the liver. This is okay to enhance NO production, when the liver is healthy; they should be strictly limited in cases of an inflammatory response in the liver (hepatitis), which can occur from poor diet (eg high 'bad' fats), too much alcohol, in fact liver function tests are recommended regularly for bbs, esp during hypertrophy, double esp. if anabolics are used.
...Good explanation, NO after all is a free radical.
@shannah I realize this post is older but I was hoping you could answer some questions. Do you still take methylfolate to control bp? Is it something that can be done indefinitely? If not, how are you dealing with your bp these days?
Mine still fluctuates -- always higher at the doc's office, lower at home (the 'white coat' syndrome). It doesn't seem to be affected by methylfolate.
I'm just starting to increase my niacin (to lower triglycerides, etc.) so am hoping that will help with BP issues.
@sillysocks84 I'm still doing the methylation protocol. I notice that when I miss a couple of dosages of either the methylfolate or the potassium, my blood pressure and heart rate goes up again.