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Just wondered if anyone can point me to a list of ways to increase BH4 other than taking the BH4 supplement itself as its very expensive. Also has anyone had any improvement once they've managed to increase BH4 ? Thank you
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Prefect there is quite a lot of info online about BH4. Can't explain it well as my brain doesn't hold the information that well but study by Miller I think found a link between lack of BH4 and inadequate Dopamine synthesis and cfs/fibromyalgia and depression
would be good to know if anyone has had any success with BH4 increase.
I have a homozygous mutation in the 1298c MTHFR which can severely derail BH4 levels (I don't know how much stock to put on this genetic MTHFR testing, the science isn't all that proved, but still)
Yes its hard to understand the genetic mutations as it is pretty new and there are differing opinions on the effects of each mutation. I am hetero for 1298c and the 677T?