Pubmed paper on relation of TMAO with protein consumption

This is a new medical paper demonstrating a connection with trimethylamine-n-oxide (TMAO) and protein consumption. It was a study involving normal people who are overweight over a 6 month period. At this stage it seems unclear why TMAO levels would be directly related to protein consumption. Perhaps the people were eating fish which contains TMAO. Or perhaps it was the carnitine in protein, which can produce TMAO. Or more likley high-protein foods tend to have a lot of choline too.

At the moment the paper is not obviously related to TMAU, and it must be remembered that protein is essential. Perhaps TMAU sufferers are prone to following a protein deficient diet.

The research was conducted at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Assessment of the effect of high or low protein diet on the human urine metabolome as measured by NMR