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Daily 266mcg folic acid intake is disrupting our normal folate metabolism
Daily 266mcg folic acid intake is disrupting our normal folate metabolism Actually, DHFR enzyme plays an important role during folate metabolism. The function of DHFR is to decompose natural folate and synthetic folic acid into active folate (5-MTHF) . DHFR acts quickly on natural folate, but slowly on folic acid. It can only metabolize about 266 mcg folic acid per day. Taking folic acid more than 266mcg, the Unmetabolized folic acid(UMFA) will build up in our body.
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Is L-5-MTHF safe?
What our body really need is L-5-MTHF( L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate ). But we can’t absorb it directly. Later, scientist made it into salt form. When we eat salt L-5-MTHF, it will be dissolved into Ionic form and be absorbed by ionic channel in our body. The most popular salt form is Calcium salt.
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What is methylfolate used for?
L-methylfolate can be used for people who have conditions related to folate deficiency.
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Is methylfolate the same as folic acid?
Unlike folic acid, Magnafolate® will not mask vitamin B12-deficiency.Many people have genetic MTHFR variations, while Magnafolate® can be absorbed directly.Magnafolate® can cross the blood-brain barrier, adjust the cognitive. Magnafolate® can lower elevated homocysteine levels.
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Importance of folate for pregnancy
Folate is particularly critical for the development of the fetus's nervous system. Pregnant women can prevent the occurrence of fetal neural tube defects by supplementing with folate in an appropriate amount. Moreover, pregnant women’s demand for folate is four times higher than that of normal people. If the intake of folic acid is insufficient, it will cause anemia, affect DNA synthesis and repair, and adversely affect health.
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Do you know you are taking the excessive folic acid?
Exactly in 1998, FDA mandatorily legislated that the entire U.S population would be required to ingest folic acid. Then every man, woman and child in the U.S. (except celiac patients and Paleo Dieters) were forced to ingest folic acid whether they wanted to or not. They mandated that all enriched wheat flour was to be fortified with folic acid. Because most commercial wheat products (breakfast cereals, bread, cookies, cakes, crackers, doughnuts, pizza crust, hamburger and hotdog buns, wheat tortillas etc.) are made with enriched wheat flour, essentially the entire U.S. population began to consume folic acid in 1998.
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