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- verb Present participle of
methylate . - adjective That methylates
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Examples
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Winters said that along with anything else we might choose to do if we carry these genes, could be something as simple as eating cruciferous plants -- plants that have methylating nutrients which help the liver to detox hormones, chemicals and regulate blood sugar; plants like broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and bok choy.
Katherine Leiner: Food Is Our Body's First Line Of Defense Katherine Leiner 2011
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Winters said that along with anything else we might choose to do if we carry these genes, could be something as simple as eating cruciferous plants -- plants that have methylating nutrients which help the liver to detox hormones, chemicals and regulate blood sugar; plants like broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and bok choy.
Katherine Leiner: Food Is Our Body's First Line Of Defense Katherine Leiner 2011
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By methylating fats called phospholipids, SAMe keeps the membranes fluid and the receptors mobile.
What Is Same 2008
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SAMe, which is made from methionine is a great methylating agent.
Meat diet reduces risk of pancreatic cancer | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Just make sure to take a vitamin B-12 supplement along with some sort of methylating supplement many are available or eat a lot of sesame seeds to get the necessary methionine.
Ban gestation crates | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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When it loses its methyl group in the process of methylating an another molecure, it becomes homocysteine, a molecule harmful in large quantities.
Meat diet reduces risk of pancreatic cancer | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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I, too, love choline along with betaine as a good methylating agent.
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The densely written paragraph that I quoted from the article makes the case that the cancer-fighting properties of the high methionine diet come about because of the increase in methylating potential the additional methionine brings.
Meat diet reduces risk of pancreatic cancer | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Homocysteine stays low as the vitamin B12 drives its conversion to methionine, providing even more methylating power.
Meat diet reduces risk of pancreatic cancer | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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The enzymes act at these sites either by cleaving the molecule (= restriction) or by methylating it (= modification).
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