When dietary choline and L-carnitine meet gut flora, the result is TMAO — and much unhealthful mischief. New research shows the damage goes beyond atherosclerosis to heart failure, chronic kidney disease and maybe more.
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Heart Failure Outcomes Influenced by Diet and Gut Flora
Further research revealed heart failure patients with elevated plasma levels of TMAO, a metabolite generated in the gut, have a higher mortality risk than patients with lower TMAO levels.
Gut Flora and Heart Health – A New Novel Pathway? (Video)
Researchers have found that a biochemical mechanism is at work between gut microbes and cholesterol that can lead to an increased risk of heart disease. They are looking more closely at a meat based diet vs. a plant based diet. Building on years of previous work, Dr. Hazen Stanley Hazen, Cleveland Clinic, and a research team are tracking the substance TMAO produced by the liver that is found to have an impact on negative cardiac outcomes.
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