I came across some mentions of TMAO when I was researching the MTHFR mutation. (DH, older son, and myself have the heterogeneous mutation, younger son has the homogeneous mutation.) One of the consequences of MTHFR homogeneous mutation is elevated homocystienes... Both TMAO (and elevated betaine) and the MTHFR mutation effect the methylation cycle and can produce elevated homocystenes.
I don't know much more about it than that and am far from an expert despite having read a bunch of medical research that was hard to decode...
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