🧬 MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) 🧬What kind of folate should I take?

Lets continue our series talking about mthfr. If you haven't seen my other video, be sure to check it out as it will give context to what we're going to be talking about today. MTHFR is an enzyme which is responsible for converting folate into its active form, methylfolate. You care about this because mutations in this gene can predispose you to anxiety, depression, heart disease, issues with fertility and a lot more. In my previous video we talked about genetic testing for MTHFR and how that can help you get to the root cause if your symptoms are due to a mutation. Mutation. Here we also talked about the most important blood test to screen if your MTHFR is causing problems and that's the homocysteine blood test which your insurance will very likely cover. The good news is, is that if you do have a mutation here, it's just generally pretty easy to treat and that's with methylated supplementation. But it does have a little bit of nuance which we're going to take a peek into today. And of course, if you want a lot more detail, be sure to check out the Holistic Wellness Collective where I go into a ton more detail and give specific examples on forms of supplements and dosages of supplements. You can find the link in the bio. So let's focus on folate and then in a future video we'll talk about cobalamin. Did you know there's different kinds of folate? There's folic acid, methylfolate and my favorite folinic acid. So how do you know which one to take? That goes to the MAO mutation which we'll be talking about more soon.