Low folate levels are especially concerning among women of child-bearing age. This is the reason that foods have been fortified with folic acid in many countries, and folic acid supplementation has become so popular. Folic acid is the form most commonly used in fortification and supplements becaus...
Not taking anything with Folic Acid: As I explained in this post, folic acid is the synthetic form of folate that cannot be used by those with a MTHFR defect and which can be very toxic. I avoid any supplements with folic acid and only take L-MTHF forms, which are the methylated forms...
What is more interesting that if those pathways are now blocked with unused and unprocessed folic acid, we no longer can methylate and do DNA repair. The need to take a methylated version of Folate known as Methylfolate, is the only way to “skip” over the blockage of built-up folic aci...
If folic acid deficiency is in fact the reason for hair loss or brittleness, the remedy is easily attainable. Adding folic acid to the diet is fairly simple, because many foods are natural sources of this nutrient. Fruits — particularly citrus — beans, whole grains or fortified cereals, and...
Rhonda has talked previously about how she encouraged all her family to get their DNA checked, and upon learning that her mother had a mutation in MTHFR, that leads to poor synthesis of folic acid… she encouraged her mom to start supplementing methylated folate. ...
In women of childbearing age, in order for folate (the naturally occurring form from plants), folic acid (the synthetic form), and methylfolate (the methylated form you need if you have the SNP) to have a protective effect against neural tube defects, it has to be taken during the first...
This mutation prevents the methylation process and if you have it you need to take a specific type of Folate, not folic and only methylated B12. Correct me if I am wrong, but this is very important to certain people! Reply August 27, 2019 at 3:44 PM Hi Gloria! 🙂 Thank you for ...
DNA methylation is the addition of a methyl group (CH3) to certain carbons of cytosine residues in DNA (Figure 1). It is the most researched and prominent epigenetic mechanism. Methylated cytosine residues occur next to guanine residues, such that methylation will be mirrored on both sides of ...