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The ultimate goal is to ensure a healthier lifestyle overall for the patient, and so eliminate the symptoms of disease
Homocysteine then follows one of two major pathways: it is either remethylated back into methionine using folate-derived 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) or enters the transsulfuration pathway to produce cysteine and glutathione, essential for antioxidant defense
The methylcobalamin form in particular shows nerve-repairing properties, and has been shown to reduce homocysteine levels, treat peripheral neuropathy, ALS, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer, Bells palsy, and other neurological disorders
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