I tested positive for the most common form of the MTHFR mutation. Therefore, for awhile now I have taken folate. I am taking 1 pill of folate (800 mcg) and then take the rest of my 4 mg requirement with just regular folic acid. My thinking was that I was still taking the recommended amount of folic acid but also

So both of my daughter’s, including the one with SB, tested positive with the 5 MTHFR defect last Friday. Though my ND didn’t call it that by name. They both did the 23andMe.com genetic test. She explained it as a missing “snip” or Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP). Coincidentally, the day we got home from the test I saw an old