Blood tests for folate have one big fatal flaw, making them both innaccurate and functionally useless, and the most common folate levels that we see on the blood tests of people with MTHFR might surprise you.

Glycemic index sounds highly unsexy, which is fair, but it's actually a diet hack that can help you to keep your blood sugars balanced with very little work. You don't even need to know the exact glycemic index of a particular food to understand how to use this system.

Your daily choices, what you eat, how you sleep, how you manage stress, and your exposure to toxins, all influence how MTHFR impacts your body. Finding a healthy MTHFR lifestyle is crucial for your health.

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.

Histamine and MTHFR are bound together for so many reasons. Histamine levels are affected by methylation, and histamine breakdown is methylation-dependent. Another big reason is that just like MTHFR, histamine has its fingers in so much more than just allergies.

5000 mcg folic acid is the standard recomendation for anyone struggling with low fertility, but current research evidence shows that 5000 mcg folic acid reduces fertility in people with the MTHFR gene mutation, and possibly in peopel without it as well.

High homocysteine is one of the most medically recognized consequences of having an MTHFR gene mutation, and learning to lower homocysteine with MTHFR can protect your health long-term. Balancing your methylation and boosting your B vitamins, especially B2, folate or 5-LMTHF, and B12, is the usual first step with MTHFR. But for true health, there are some other things that matter as well.