Fish oil, which we talked about last week as well, continues to be a big deal for people with the MTHFR mutation. Today, I want to discuss a couple of studies about gene expression, fish oil, and MTHFR, but first…
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As with everything to do with MTHFR, balancing your methylation and boosting your B vitamins, especially B2, folate or 5-LMTHF, and B12, is the first step. Balance your methylation! There are some other things you can look into as well.…
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The link between MTHFR and homocysteine is clear – if you aren’t familiar with that part of the picture, you can brush up with last week’s topic. The link between methionine and homocysteine is clear as well since they loop…
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High homocysteine is often the first indication of an MTHFR issue, and it’s certainly the one that doctors take the most seriously. There is a good reason for this. Homocysteine is implicated in heart disease including heart attack and stroke, so…
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I am sure everyone would like a simple answer so they can just buy a product and move on with their lives, but like everything else about MTHFR, this is an individual question. The very short answer, is both forms…
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MTHFR is for life, and you’ll feel best if you are working on making your methylation great for the rest of your life. That doesn’t usually mean finding a dose of whatever you’re taking and sticking with it, it means…
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Once you’ve adjusted your diet, you have a new baseline. This is your new normal and it may be great, it may just be getting there (but not great yet). Make sure you give yourself about a month on your…
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It’s so easy to jump to the idea that it’s all about folate with MTHFR issues, because let’s face it. The enzyme deals with activating folate. Of course, folate is the point. I will concede to the logic of that…
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The “Master Antioxidant” And What That Means For The Rest Of Us. Generally, in medicine it takes a lot for a substance to get such a high-flying label as the “master antioxidant” but glutathione has managed it. Naturally, since it’s…
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