Health PSA: vitamin b12, do you have enough? Do you know the signs of deficiency?
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I learned about B12 deficiency when I suffered repeated miscarriages. It was also the case, that I had the compound heterozygous MTHFR defect and discovered my body wasn't capable of methylation, which resulted in high levels of homocystine and toxins, which made embryo development past conception nearly impossible. I saw a naturopath and immediately began a regime of Methylcobalamine and Methylfolate. Thank goodness I did because at the time I began the regime, I was unknowingly pregnant and am sure this is why I was able to keep that baby. The fertility doctor I was seeing at the time told me the only way was to freeze embryos, but I knew this had to be wrong since I had conceived my first child on my first try (he had also depleted any B12/folate reserves I had stored). When I was officially pregnant, the fertility doctor asked what I had done differently and I told him it was B-vitamins, he looked perplexed as if I had just beat him at chess. That was my first true red pill moment- here is a $50 cure for infertility and yet people take out second mortgages to pay for treatments. My heart ached for every single parent out there who had struggled with the potential cure being at their fingertips.
Hello, fellow MTHFR sufferer.
Howdy, fren. It's like a light bulb turns on when you read about all of the implications of having the genetic mutations, isn't it? Bizarre ailments I thought were just part of being human vanished whenever I began supplements- the 10mg methylfolate along with methyl B12 was key to my improvement.
Yes. I had a stroke and it was the only thing they could find "off" about me. But depression, migraines, etc the more I read my whole life made sense. I want to get my sons tested to but same deal Dr's don't want to run it thru insurance unless there is a problem. Hello, if we realize it first and treat the $300 blood test will be a huge savings over 5 days in the ICU that cost the insurance company $30k
Also I take folic acid but now wonder about whether methyl b12 would be good along with a methyfolate instead.
The problem is folic acid is readily available but you ask someone even at GNC for methylfolate and you might as well be asking for meth lol. It's an area nobody seems to know anything about
No kidding. My OB looked at me like I was asking for a vial of plutonium. Initially recommended to me, Thorne is one of the better supplement companies and available on Amazon, but I have branched out and tried a few other brands made in the USA with satisfied results. I typically spend about $30-35 a month on methylfolate.