In my current series of preconception webinars, I am not surprised by the number of women joining me who have had multiple miscarriages or who are currently having IVF (often unsuccessfully). They didn’t know they had the MTHFR gene and even after multiple pregnancy losses, still were not checked for the gene. Eventually, they sought the […]
Continue readingThere is a lot of buzz around folates and folic acid. Health professionals often find the terminology around folate and folic acid confusing. They use the words folic acid supplements when they mean folate, folinic acid or 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (active form). The mix up occurs because folate has become an umbrella term for many forms of […]
Continue readingWhat The UMFA? UMFA stands for unmetabolized folic acid. If left unchecked, UMFA can cause a variety of health problems, but we will go over those later! The majority of folate found within the blood is 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (MTHF), which is not going to harm you; unlike UMFA! There is no need to worry about UMFA […]
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