TMAO Red Meat & Heart Health

Key Takeaways Trimethylamine N-oxide Name & Path Trimethylamine N-oxide is a small compound found in blood and urine. The body can make it after gut microbes break down parts of food such as choline, carnitine, and betaine. The liver then turns that first byproduct into TMAO through a second step ((Mueller et al., 2015); (Tang … Read more