http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/10/01/insulin-homocysteine.aspxOverweight children with high levels of the hormone insulin in their blood are also likely to have high levels of homocysteine , a substance that appears to raise the risk of heart disease, stroke, and birth defects, as well as possibly other adverseenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/10/01/insulin-homocysteine.aspx#207149Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:57:31 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:207149Freedom<p>Does anyone know how to test for homocysteine levels ? My doctor tells me that they cannot test for this in the UK.</p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=207149" width="1" height="1">http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/10/01/insulin-homocysteine.aspx#197584Sun, 31 May 2009 13:00:38 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:197584Khoka60<p>Dr. Mercola - recently read an article from a sci. journal (don&#39;t have the ref handy) that demonstrated that elevated levels of homocysteine decouples eNOS and converts it from a NO producing enzyme to a superoxide producing enzyme, hence high levels of homocysteine increases ROS in the plasma.</p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=197584" width="1" height="1">