
Building Strong Hearts and Minds with Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, FACC
The Brain Health Revolution Podcast
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Is TMAO Boosting Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis?
If your microbiome is that of a standard American omnivore you can convert those two nutrients into a chemical called TMA trimethelamine. If they stop eating red meat and egg yolks the level drops dramatically often into normal age. In very deep water ocean fish it's actually used as a hydraulic system to give them buoyancy under huge pressure so there are a few fish in the markets that have pre-formed TMAO in them.
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