Have you heard about tests like MTHFR? If you have heard about (Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase) MTHFR, you may have a lot of questions. What is MTHFR? What do the test results imply? And how does that information benefit you? In this blog, you discover answers to some of the most common questions about genetic testing
Folate is an essential B vitamin needed for tissue growth and happy, healthy cells. Just like kids build with those brightly colored blocks to make countless creations, your body uses folate to build and repair DNA, create red blood cells and keep your body merrily humming along. Folate’s role in methylation Folate plays a starring
Ask your kid what their favorite food is and chances are they won’t name a leafy green vegetable. (That is of course unless you happen to live on a planet without cookies.) The bigger question is: Are your favorite little humans getting enough folate? What is Folate? Folate gets its name from “foliage,” so when
Well, do you have it? You know, the most popular genetic word that is searched by thousands of people daily. Do you have MTHFR? MTHFR is a very important gene (an enzyme) in the body that everyone has, necessary for an important metabolic process called methylation. When one has a gene variation, also known as
As I was digging deeper into understanding methylation, it was time to take a girls trip! Woohoo! It’s been years since I saw my college girlfriends and we were planning our first trip after we had our kids. California bound and hubby’s were left watching the littles. I was always the one in college who
