We’ve been talking a lot about natural folate and its food sources vs. synthetic folic acid (which is toxic in high doses.). So in theory, we’ve got it. But in reality, what does this actually look like? Let’s dive in…
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Month: August 2020
This can be such a confusing distinction, made far worse by the fact that supplement companies and nutritional information labels often use “folate” and “folic acid” interchangeably. Thanks, regulatory agencies. Folate Folate is the general name for a group of…
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It makes sense that if your body has a difference in its ability to process folate, like the MTHFR variants, then you just flood the system so that even if the enzyme is moving slowly, you’ve still got enough. There…
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Let’s talk BH4, biopterin, and the whole sh*t show. Remember the interlocking metabolic loops in which the methylation pathway intersects and cogs into other pathways, essentially so that it affects everything your body does? Yeah. We’re getting back into that…
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There is no obvious link between MTHFR and estrogen – they seem to be in unrelated fields in the body, affecting different spheres. Sadly, that isn’t true. While it is true that the MTHFR gene is not involved in estrogen…
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