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Re: What exactly is a low choline diet? by mpdela ..... Body Odor Forum

Date:   3/12/2008 7:36:26 AM ( 16 y ago)
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Sure.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a brief explanation of the role choline plays in the body at a cellular level, and lists the choline content of some foods. 

 

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/Choline/Choline.pdf
 
It also makes reference to the 1999 National Institute of Health (NIH) workshop on trimethylaminuria (TMAU) which recommended a choline-restricted diet for people who have TMAU.  It goes on to say that the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine recommends an Adequate Intake (AI) of choline for men at 550 mg/day and 425mg per day for women. 

 

Since there is little data available on the choline content of foods to help people with TMAU maintain a healthy low-choline diet, the USDA Special developed a Special Interest database for choline in foods for researchers and consumers.  The 17-page list of foods follows this introductory description of choline.  By following the Total Choline amounts of the various foods, people with TMAU have found relief from their extremely pungent body odor to the point of being odor-free when combining the diet with the NIH recommended treatment. 

 

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=trimethylaminuria#treatment
http://www.genetests.org/query?dz=trimethylaminuria  (click on Management on left menu)

 

Hope this helps.

mpdela


 

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