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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12726922
This 2003 report in PubMed showed that H202 increases BH4 synthesis by stimulating the GCH1 gene. Why is this important?
- BH4 is a potent antioxidant that your body makes to clear free radicals such as peroxynitrite, to clear ammonia (from eating meat or generated by parasites) and to combat inflammation caused by injury or infections. It is essential to health.
- BH4 deficiency causes all kinds of heart disease because you need BH4 to make nitric oxide (NO) which is essential for a healthy heart and blood vessels. Recent research has shown low BH4 to be the culprit behind congestive heart failure, plaque build up, and every other CVD
- Low BH4 and NO are also responsible for diabetes and metabolic syndrome
- Low BH4 is also involved in obesity
- Epstein-Barr, HHV-6 and CMV are herpes viruses that all lower BH4.
- Aluminum lowers BH4 by blocking the recycling of oxidized BH2 back to BH4. A good reason to avoid all sources of aluminum, including canned tomatoes, soda in cans, Tums, antiperspirant, baking powder, many kinds of makeup, most drugs including anesthesia and all vaccines
- BH4 deficiency also causes depression, and has been linked to bipolar disorder and the age of onset of schizophrenia. That's because BH4 is an essential cofactor for making dopamine and serotonin.
- BH4 causes apopstatis of cancer cells
- BH4 supplementation has been found to be extremely helpful for autism (stops stimming, flapping and aggression)
- Excess BH4 can lead to pain syndromes like fibromyalgia, allodynia and rheumatoid arthritis. In these cases, supplementation with H202 (or BH4 itself) may be contraindicated.
Mimi
