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Chapter 2. Nutrigenomics and the Methylation Cycle
makes the methylation cycle so unique and so critical for health is that mutations
in this pathway can have an impact on all of these factors. This concept is so important
that I will repeat it, just to be sure you have gotten the message:
Autism is a multifactorial condition, with genetic,
infectious, and environmental contributors.
What makes the methylation cycle so unique and so critical for health is that
mutations in this pathway can have an impact on all of these factors. Picture each
mutation as an accident causing a traffic tie-up. One accident will slow down the
flow of vehicles on the highway. A second or third will snarl things even more.
Through targeted supplementation, we are in effect creating a way for a vehicle
to bypass the sites where the accidents have occurred, take a detour, and move
further toward its destination. In the case of the methylation highway, these bypasses
permit us to move beyond the blockades caused by mutations to produce
and deliver the methyl groups that are key to a wide range of bodily functions.
Each methyl group consists of a carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms,
CH3. But since a carbon atom can bond with four other atoms, each methyl
group has one more available bond, which constantly attaches to and detaches
from numerous other molecules in the process known as methylation.
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