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B12 Insufficiency and Folate – a Crucial Factor in Pregnancy

B12 Insufficiency and Folate – a Crucial Factor in Pregnancy

We already know that vitamin B12, or cobalamin, is an essential nutrient for pregnancy, because it is important for cell growth and baby development. Specifically, B12 works together with folate for the syntheses of DNA, RNA, lipids and proteins inside the cells. Most importantly, B12 and folate are both critical in homocysteine metabolism, DNA methylation,

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Risks of Folic Acid and Excessive Folate Intake in Pregnancy

Risks of Folic Acid and Excessive Folate Intake in Pregnancy

We learned previously that there are differences between folic acid and methyl folate when they are taken by pregnant women. New scientific studies reveal more of the risks of folic acid intake in pregnancy. Additionally, even though adequate folate intake is necessary in the safety and health of pregnancy, new research shows that folic acid

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Endocrine Disruptors, Health & Fertility: How They’re Affecting You

Endocrine Disruptors, Health & Fertility: How They’re Affecting You

Is your home filled with hormone, MTHFR and fertility friendly products? Endocrine Disruptors (ED) are a group of synthetic, man-made chemicals that have permeated many/most aspects of our modern lives. Known to have negative effects on the reproductive system, endocrine disruptors have the capacity to damage or kill cells, influence genetic expression and alter the

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Prenatal Folate and Homocysteine Affect Children’s IQs

Prenatal Folate and Homocysteine Affect Children’s IQs

Folate is important for the overall methylation and synthesis of DNA, which is critical to your baby’s development. But it’s particularly essential for the growth and replication of neural cells. We see this in cases of neural tube defects, and pregnant women know to increase folate consumption to prevent them. However, folate deficiency during pregnancy

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Neural Tube Defects Linked to MTHFR & COMT Genes

Neural Tube Defects Linked to MTHFR & COMT Genes

Anencephaly, spina bifida and encephalocele are the most common types of Neural Tube Defects (NTD’s), and develop due to the failure of the neural tube to close between the 3rd and 4th week of embryonic development. While science still debates the true cause of NTD’s, there can be no doubt that the introduction of mandatory

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Review – Using Folic Acid Supplements in Fertility Treatments

Review – Using Folic Acid Supplements in Fertility Treatments

Let’s Review Using Folic Acid Supplements in Fertility Treatments 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

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Join our FREE 10-Day ‘MTHFR in Preconception’ Email Course!

Join our FREE 10-Day ‘MTHFR in Preconception’ Email Course!

In line with our current focus on MTHFR in preconception, our founder and MTHFR expert Carolyn Ledowsky has been busy creating and hosting our FREE 10-day email course: ‘10 Days to a Healthy Pregnancy with MTHFR‘. In the course you will be sent one email per day for 10 days, walking you through the 10

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Key Blood Tests for Preconception Nutrition

Key Blood Tests for Preconception Nutrition

As you may know, one of the primary nutrients needed for a healthy pregnancy is folate (Vitamin B9), due to it’s vital role in DNA synthesis, preventing Neural Tube Defects and the overall growth and development of the baby. Read more on why folate is important in pregnancy here.   You can easily test folate

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Top 20 Folate Containing Foods

Top 20 Folate Containing Foods

While MTHFR gene mutations can inhibit the conversion of folate you eat (dihydrofolate) into the active folate (5-MTHF), is it still vitally important to consume as much natural folate as you can through your diet. Is it important to remember, a mutation in the MTHFR gene simply means a reduction in function, not that it

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Could MTHFR be the Reason for your Pregnancy Complications?

Could MTHFR be the Reason for your Pregnancy Complications?

While the list of disorders associated with MTHFR mutations can be a long and eye-opening one, those conditions involving pregnancy or the ability to fall pregnant can be the most heartbreaking and saddening to see. Below I have broken down he latest research on the three most common pregnancy-related issues associated with MTHFR genes, and

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