Blood homocysteine is a key index of human health, which has attracted much attention. If there is an increase, we must actively intervene to reduce it to normal, which can effectively reduce the occurrence of stroke. However, the incidence of stroke in China is very high, and early detection and treatment of homocysteine is more critical. What we need to know is whether there is a direct correlation between homocysteine and hypertension, and there is no exact direct evidence at this stage. In other words, the increase of homocysteine will not increase the incidence of hypertension at the same time. Does this mean that homocysteine is not important? Of course not. Although there is no direct correlation between homocysteine and hypertension, high homocysteine level will increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, especially stroke.
In China, more than 70% patients with hypertension are accompanied by the increase of homocysteine, which is called high H-type blood pressure, which greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Because homocysteine is also a risk factor that can damage vascular endothelium, cause arteriosclerosis and plaque formation, which is the same as hypertension and continuous impact on capillaries. Simply put, H-type hypertension is equivalent to adding up the damage of hypertension and homocysteine to capillaries, and the damage effect is above 650. Therefore, patients with hypertension must check the level of homocysteine, and they must intervene and manipulate when they work, just like controlling blood pressure. The simple control method is to supplement folic acid. Because homocysteine is an intermediate product of carbohydrate metabolism, if the human body lacks folic acid tablets during metabolism, it will lead to the increase of homocysteine.
Blood homocysteine is a sulfur-containing amino acid, which is a key intermediate produced during the metabolism of methionine and cysteamine. Under normal circumstances, homocysteine in blood can be dissolved and metabolized in human body and maintained at a low concentration. The energy foods people eat every day include protein, body fat and protein. After protein is ingested into the body, it becomes various carbohydrates through the action of proteolytic enzymes. We all know that amino acids are the basic components of protein. There are 20 kinds of carbohydrates in human body, 8 of which are essential amino acids, and methionine is one of them. Protein foods such as meat and cheese contain a lot of nitrogen tyrosine. Homocysteine is an intermediate product in the process of methionine substitution in human body. There are many reasons for the increase of homocysteine, such as folic acid deficiency, renal failure and genetic factors. Among them, folic acid is used to regulate homocysteine metabolism, and sufficient folic acid tablets are beneficial to maintain homocysteine at a suitable level.