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    23andme results interpretation

    Thank you for the linked study Crux, it is very informative and I will reference it in the letter I write to my GP. I just don't understand why my GP won't give me B12 shots, after all it's not like they are expensive is it? If I was to press my GP for a referral to a specialist (you never...
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    23andme results interpretation

    Fortunately I'm gluten free so I manage to avoid most items that are fortified with folic acid already. It's extremely unlikely that my GP will bother to educate himself. I've already had to pay privately to get the active B12 and homocysteine tests because the NHS wouldn't pay. I did manage...
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    23andme results interpretation

    I just wanted to also say that I am really appreciative of your help. It's a really generous thing you are doing :)
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    23andme results interpretation

    Thanks for your very speedy reply Valentijn. So lots of things that could be causing the high homocysteine then! At least they seem to have a common solution. I've no idea about whether the serum folate test looked at folic acid but the high level is a bit of a mystery to me and your...
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    23andme results interpretation

    I should add that my doctor has dismissed my very low B12 as irrelevant because it is in range at 253ng/L (range 220-700) and said that he didn't understand what a high homocysteine level meant but to to worry about it because it was only just out of range at 15.5 umol/l (range 0-15). My serum...
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    23andme results interpretation

    I've been lurking here for a few days, marvelling at the level of understanding that some of you have. I received my 23andme results back a few weeks ago and I have been trying to work out what they mean ever since. I ran my results through GeneticGenie and livewello. By way of some...