Folate Deficiency, Causes (ex. medications), Pathogenesis, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

I have chronic folate deficiency and one of the main symptoms I experience is low mood. When my folate levels are good I feel mentally very well, I don’t have depression or low mood or anything like that, but when my folate is low, my mood is low.

Please post more videos! I love your teaching style so much. The most effective format I have seen on YouTube honestly

A medication I wish you included was the hormonal birth control pill which decreases many key vitamins, including B12 and B9

MTHFR defect runs in my family. Unfortunately my niece got the defect from her father's side as well. A genetic savvy doctor prescribed Thorne Methyl Guard prior to pregnancy and she carried twins almost to full term. Mark was 5 lbs and Penny was 2.9 lbs. Autopsy on Penny's umbilical cord showed a missing artery. After 3 weeks in NICU she came home and overcame digestive issues and is now a thriving child. Her little sister born 2 years later had a normal development because my niece continued with the supplementation.

Excellent video! Thank you! Precise and instructive.

0:20 Folate does not come from fortified grains. Fortified grains contain folic-acid which can be harmful when taken long term.

Great job young man!

Folic acid form is in fortified foods, like grains and cereals. This form is harder for many people to use. It can actually do more harm. Folate form is best.

This is my lesson today. HOW DID YOU KNOW?!

If you lack methylation correct it via supplementing with B2 first. Add B9 aka folate and B12 after like a week of supplementing with B2

My Doctor has me on Folate, B- complex and B 12 supplements due to having MTHFR mutation. Can you update your video's highlighting this. Thank you

Great thank you. it helps me a lot.

Excellent! I wonder if this is why I have hyperuricemia

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My wife has the MTHFR gene and has always had nausea in the morning. It was worse when pregnant. We have three children. The first and last were supplemented with folate but for the second she used *folic acid*. The second was the only to have a tongue tie and after using methyl folate she no longer is nauseous in the morning. This is just FYI. Who knows if it is a coincidence.

Great video!

Can you update this video series for folic acid and furin in covid?

very good presentation. I have just been diagnosed with severe folic acid deficiency. I have been on sodium valporate for epilepsy for the last 20 years and never did any Dr recommend any supplementation until the last week when i started to suffer from severe tiredness and feeling dizzy at which point a blood test showed the deficiency.

I believe there's a growing link with folate issues and the CV virus ,I got the virus and it wiped out my folate big time ,still undergoing treatments

Would you include plaque psoriasis as one of the exfoliative skin conditions?