MTHFR mutation

The idea that methyl folate could be a better option than folic acid in prenatal vitamins is controversial, because folic acid has been the fertility go-to treatment since it was discovered in the 1930s. The issue is, MTHFR had NOT been discovered in the 1930s, and the research hadn't really dived into the genetic needs of infertile couples yet.

B12 matters a lot for everyone. We've spoken about it before in terms of the best B12 for MTHFR mutants , and in general the link between...

This is a subject I get questions about almost daily, and the internet is filled with opinions, threatening pieces, and loud voices. But...

People with the MTHFR polymorphism often have a more challenging time detoxifying and eliminating chemicals, and so we're always on the...

Emotional eating doesn't sound like the typical MTHFR topic, but sadly it is one of the behaviors that can plague people with MTHFR, COMT...

Low histamine is generally not recognized as a problem within the medical community or even in the media, but histamine is emerging as a...

Like everything else we talk about, MTHFR and vitamin D have a curious relationship. Vitamin D doesn't link into the folate cycle, the...

I love it when listeners leave questions - the questions are always interesting and thought provoking and it helps me to understand what...

Histamine and MTHFR are bound together for so many reasons. One, is because just like MTHFR, histamine has its fingers in so much more...

MTHFR is well known for causing heart health issues. It's directly responsible for raising homocysteine levels, it's implicated in...

We haven't discussed glutathione in a while, but MTHFR's effects on glutathione production are of major consequence in the health of all...

The COMT fast picture, as you can imagine, is the flip-side of COMT slow. This enzyme works too well, eliminating crucial substances...

This week, let's talk about our first of two COMT pictures. COMT slow. Remember, this means the COMT enzyme is less efficient than normal...

To kick off our series on other polymorphisms, I'm starting with another heavy-hitter that is deeply entwined with MTHFR.  This...

This week I want to start a mini-series of talks  about other gene SNPs with or without MTHFR. I actually want to start it out with a...

Basic state is something that we've talked about before, but I want to dive a little bit deeper into why I feel it's important when other...

MTHFR and depression are intimately linked. We've spoken about this before, and if you want to brush up, take a look at Season 1 Episode 8...

This week, I'd like to get to some questions that listeners have been kind enough to leave on the website and within the community. The...

Let's check in with what is going on so far. If you've been following the process this season, you will have noticed that I haven't...

UMFA or unmetabolized folic acid is something that has been popping up on research radars more and more frequently in recent years. The...