Let’s explore “Vitamin B12 — lab reference”

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Biotin, another KEY B Vitamin, is used in many pathways that breakdown food and create energy. Also critical for those fast replicating parts of your body - hair, skin, nails. Biotin deficiencies can also cause fatigue and depression. Of

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PURSER WELLNESSVitamin D - Lotus LifeA conversation with Dr. Purser

Have you heard of the ‘Sunshine Vitamin’, or Vitamin D, that brings joy into life and provides countless healthy benefits? Enjoying the sun is a natural way to replenish this vitamin and an essential part of any personal health program! Vitamin D promotes healthy bones. Vitamin D is beneficial to our health in numerous ways. The vitamin rejuvenates calcium levels and helps with bone and tooth strength. It also supports the immune and nervous system while regulating insulin levels. On top of these great benefits, those who regularly use Vitamin D see increases in energy levels! Personally, I no

…nections The chapter connects folate handling, methylation, vitamin B12 recycling and sulfur-amino-acid metabolism. Use the gene names as routes into the gene reference library. The exact variant identifier and clinical interpretation matte…

Decode the panels and hormone-test names listed in the Purser Lab Solutions report.

PURSER WELLNESSHow To Know If You Have High Homocysteine?A conversation with Dr. Purser

High homocysteine often shows up first as widespread inflammation—pain all over, poor circulation, or even early warning signs of cardiovascular problems like stroke and heart attack. The best way to know for sure is through testing: a blood test can measure homocysteine directly, while a CMA with Redox uncovers the vitamin deficiencies driving it. For genetic causes, the DRP Genetics panel screens 15–16 of the 17 known SNPs that can cause permanently high homocysteine. If your levels are fixed by genetics, reduced glutathione and targeted B vitamins (like MTHFR Daily) are key to balancing the

PURSER WELLNESSThe Struggle of HomocysteineA conversation with Dr. Purser

High homocysteine? It’s not the number—it’s the cytokines it triggers (like IL-8) that cause strokes, kidney failure & inflammation. We found 17 gene SNPs + 12 vitamin deficiencies that drive it—and VARS Glutathione helps shut it down.

BCO1, also called BCMO1, helps convert beta-carotene from plant foods into retinal, a form used in vitamin A metabolism. Plant carotenoids and preformed vitamin A therefore enter the pathway at different points.

Helps maintain the activity of methionine synthase, connecting B12-related chemistry with homocysteine metabolism.

VDR encodes the vitamin D receptor, which helps regulate gene activity in response to active vitamin D. A receptor variant does not by itself mean receptors are absent or that the blood vitamin D level is low.

VKORC1 encodes vitamin K epoxide reductase, part of the vitamin K recycling system used in activating clotting proteins. It is not simply a vitamin K receptor.