Keep a simple food and symptom journal to identify triggers
The promise of a new beginning brings Casimiro and Nopal together when they are young immigrants, each having made the nearly deadly journey across the border from Mexico
In addition to decreasing the fluidity of the platelet membrane and promoting platelet aggregation, coagulation factors and PAI-1 (plasminogen activator inhibitor-1) will also increase under the condition of hyperglycemia, breaking the balance of coagulation and fibrinolysis and promoting thrombosis
Since glutathione is the livers primary tool for detoxification, providing extra support may help the liver handle this increased metabolic load more efficiently
However, in the GLP-1/obesity space, it looks like a modest entry ticket
As such it is worth digressing from the pathway of conversion of methionine to cysteine and discuss the role of GNMT, a folate binding protein, as a sensor to maintain cellular thiol balance