Bluebell
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I've seen a number of multivitamin/multimineral sorts of supplements mentioned in this area of the forum, and many have difficulties of one kind or the other (such as the inherent inflexibility of a pre-determined formula, the undesirable versions of some of the ingredients, the ratios of ingredients, the cost, etc.) Typically they have the folic acid version of folate, and/or the cobalamin version of B12, and/or contain such a high level of ingredients in one pill that most people trying to go "low & slow" would have to fiddle with cutting them up/crushing them.
For methylation and general health purposes, I ended up scrapping most of the supplements I was taking prior to learning about my MTHFR genetic results, and planning a new program with (a startling number of) individual supplements bought from various online sources. I would rather just take a multi that has the lion's share of things that I need daily, or at least a multi-B plus the individual items, but I couldn't find anything that was right for me. The mailman is probably wondering why I'm getting so many rattling packages lately.
Tonight I was reading an adrenal health website which recommends a multi that I have not seen mentioned on Phoenix Rising, but it might fit the bill for a few people...
The good points are that it contains no folic acid, does contain methylfolate/Metafolin, and the Metafolin amount is 500 mcg across 6 tablets (so you can take a lower amount if needed, to ramp up). However, it seems to contain B12 cobalamin, but just 68 mcg across 6 tablets. It doesn't have fancy herbal/amino acid add-ons, but seems to have a good array of the basics. It's not inexpensive, at about $30 on Amazon for a 30-day supply; I haven't compared prices for it elsewhere. The product is offered by the Women to Women health clinic in Maine, which is relatively well-known (Dr. Christiane Northrup was a founder of the clinic and practiced there for a long time, but is no longer affiliated with it) and has been open for about 3 decades. It's called "Essential Nutrients". Although the brand is "Women to Women", the multi does not seem to be suitable only for women, as far as I can see. For example, there is no iron in it.
This wouldn't work for me, but I thought it could be of interest to someone, since it is a non-folic-acid multi that contains Metafolin methylfolate and offers the chance of taking a relatively low dose of everything in one intact tablet (or in varying numbers of multiple tablets at different times of day, depending on the desired dose).
Product label with ingredients:
http://www.womentowomen.com/products/essentialnutrients-label.aspx
Product info:
http://www.womentowomen.com/products/essentialnutrients.aspx
I can't quite see how much the clinic sells it for (it's bundled, apparently), but the product is listed on Amazon.com as a standalone item for $30. (My current Amazon links might be influenced by the adrenal health site I was visiting earlier this evening, and I don't want to inadvertently steer anyone here through an affiliate link, so I won't give a hyperlink for that. If you want to check it out on Amazon, it's got 4 customer reviews.)
For methylation and general health purposes, I ended up scrapping most of the supplements I was taking prior to learning about my MTHFR genetic results, and planning a new program with (a startling number of) individual supplements bought from various online sources. I would rather just take a multi that has the lion's share of things that I need daily, or at least a multi-B plus the individual items, but I couldn't find anything that was right for me. The mailman is probably wondering why I'm getting so many rattling packages lately.
Tonight I was reading an adrenal health website which recommends a multi that I have not seen mentioned on Phoenix Rising, but it might fit the bill for a few people...
The good points are that it contains no folic acid, does contain methylfolate/Metafolin, and the Metafolin amount is 500 mcg across 6 tablets (so you can take a lower amount if needed, to ramp up). However, it seems to contain B12 cobalamin, but just 68 mcg across 6 tablets. It doesn't have fancy herbal/amino acid add-ons, but seems to have a good array of the basics. It's not inexpensive, at about $30 on Amazon for a 30-day supply; I haven't compared prices for it elsewhere. The product is offered by the Women to Women health clinic in Maine, which is relatively well-known (Dr. Christiane Northrup was a founder of the clinic and practiced there for a long time, but is no longer affiliated with it) and has been open for about 3 decades. It's called "Essential Nutrients". Although the brand is "Women to Women", the multi does not seem to be suitable only for women, as far as I can see. For example, there is no iron in it.
This wouldn't work for me, but I thought it could be of interest to someone, since it is a non-folic-acid multi that contains Metafolin methylfolate and offers the chance of taking a relatively low dose of everything in one intact tablet (or in varying numbers of multiple tablets at different times of day, depending on the desired dose).
Product label with ingredients:
http://www.womentowomen.com/products/essentialnutrients-label.aspx
Product info:
http://www.womentowomen.com/products/essentialnutrients.aspx
I can't quite see how much the clinic sells it for (it's bundled, apparently), but the product is listed on Amazon.com as a standalone item for $30. (My current Amazon links might be influenced by the adrenal health site I was visiting earlier this evening, and I don't want to inadvertently steer anyone here through an affiliate link, so I won't give a hyperlink for that. If you want to check it out on Amazon, it's got 4 customer reviews.)