Tag: genetic variants

What is MTHFR?

Posted on by Laura Lewis, MS
Reading Time: 2 minutes

When a baby is conceived, they inherit 2 copies of every gene; one from each parent. MTHFR is the name of one such gene out of a genetic code of thousands. The gene codes for an enzyme called “methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase”, which is responsible for the conversion … Read more

What Foods are High in Folate?

Posted on by Dr. Kristen McCormack, ND
Reading Time: 3 minutes

Folate is an essential nutrient, meaning it must be consumed from the diet. But what foods are high in folate?

It can be found naturally in some foods (such as spinach, asparagus, beans, and citrus fruits) and in fortified foods that contain the synthetic form of … Read more

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