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Also zinc is dangerous when taking large amounts over a long period. (I can handle no more than 2 days in a row of 50mg per day before I get extreme sick.)
Her analyses is frequently baseless and often directly contradicting the published scientific research into the SNPs.People who choose Yasko at least have the benefit of her analysis and recommendations. You need to read about her and figure out if she is the person to help you with all of this stuff.
Her analyses is frequently baseless and often directly contradicting the published scientific research into the SNPs.
Her test also tests a few dozen SNPs, versus 23andMe which tests about 600,000 SNPs.
Her analyses is frequently baseless and often directly contradicting the published scientific research into the SNPs.
Well, most of the ones she tests are on genes which can impact methylation, however many of those specific SNPs tested have no impact.I suppose you could say - she only tests the genes concerned with the outcome of poor methylation. ie. which is where she feels people who suffer chronic illness should focus on.
MTHFR is involved in converting inactive forms of folic acid into active folate. Being +/+ for MTHFR C677T reduces the activity of MTHFR to 30% of ideal. So supplementing with inactive folic acid is probably less effective than supplementing with an active form, for someone who has that MTHFR variation. But there's no indication that anything larger than a normal dose (400mcg or dutifully eating your vegetables) is at all helpful.@Valentijn -- Since I am also homozygous for the MTHFR C677T gene, should I not be taking methyl folate