N-N Dimethylglycine & Seizures

People take dietary supplements for a variety of reasons, including to improve nutrition and health. N-N dimethylglycine is sometimes taken to help prevent seizures.

Dimethylglycine

• Found naturally in foods including beans and liver, dimethylglycine is an antioxidant. Your body produces dimethylglycine when it metabolizes choline, according to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Uses

• Dimethylglycine can be used as an anticonvulsant to prevent and stop seizures in epileptics. It is also taken as a supplement to improve athletic performance and strengthen the immune system.

Considerations

• While dimethylglycine has been shown in studies not to cause harm to people who take it, clinical trials have not proven its effectiveness in treating seizures, according to "Dietary Supplements: Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology."