| Stress, obesity and smoking have been indicted | | | | Homocystine into harmless cysteine. Homocystine |
| as the prime cause of cardiovascular diseases. | | | | is basically a growth promoting substance and |
| These habits have also been described as the | | | | stimulates the growth of bones and tissues. When |
| prime cause of a number of diseases like | | | | the Homocystine levels rise it starts damaging the |
| arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, hypertension, | | | | cells and tissues particularly the arteries linings and |
| stroke and heart attacks. Cardiovascular diseases | | | | leads to arteriosclerosis and precipitates |
| have caused more than 965227 deaths in USA | | | | cardiovascular ailments. |
| alone. It is the number one killer disease in the | | | | Homocystine is a short lived compound and if it |
| United States. But there are other risk factors | | | | lingers long in the blood it leads to unwanted |
| also which is commonly not discussed but are | | | | results. This could happen if Vitamin B-complex is |
| significant. | | | | not being adequately supplied to the body. Vitamin |
| One such factor is Homocystine. Homocystine is a | | | | B-Complex helps the conversion of Homocystine |
| breakdown by product of amino acid methionine. | | | | into other by-products. Modern research point to |
| Folic acid and B12 recycles the byproduct back | | | | Vitamin B Complex, particularly Folic acid keeps |
| into methionine. Vitamin B6 further converts | | | | Homocystine levels under control. |