Talk:Trimethylglycine
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[edit] Betaine hydrochloride
I'm not really happy with the sentence "should not be confused with ...hydrochloride" - well, "confused" it is still the same organic compound - the only difference is, that it's the protonated form forming a salt with chloride. It's a bit like saying you should not confuse acetic acid with acetate or fatty acids with soap :) Iridos 23:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] betaine HCl as a digestive aid?
I've seen this wikipedia article and many people claim that betaine HCl is a digestive aid, by lowering stomach pH. Where are the actual studies on this? From my searches, I haven't found one yet that confirms this hypothesis. Also, isn't HCl in the stmoach needed to dissociate betaine HCl if it were to have effects on stomach pH? I would be glad to hear from any of you who know more about this. Gludwiczak 05:24, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Are you saying that the FDA has never looked at betaine HCL? I find that difficult to believe at minimum. There's just too many brands being sold by too many health food stores for me to believe that it doesn't work as a digestive aid. It absolutely works for me, but of course that info is anecdotal.Rmckim (talk) 06:56, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Unclear sentence
Confusion results from too many 'nots' in the sentence: "If it were not for his work, homocysteine would not have been thought harmful and so supplements to lower homocysteine would not have been thought necessary."
[edit] This Article has been altered by a nutritional company
As someone who has a Ph.D in Betaine, and BHMT, I believe this article was edited strongly by some nutritional company. There is no difference between Betaine HCl or free Betaine - there's a chloride counterion on one of them! I edited the page to reflect this. Also there were a number of spurious claims in the 'benefits' section. I have removed them.
I am of the firm belief that the 'methylation and cancer' bit should be removed. I added a cautionary sentence, but there is NOTHING to connect betaine and methylation of DNA - absolutely nothing. I may remove this tomorrow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.187.34.100 (talk) 15:35, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
