My understanding is that folic is bad, full stop. Look in the guide I've linked in my signature to see some of Fred's comments on folic. I was shocked a few months ago to find Andrew Weil still not making any distinction, still talking about folic. I don't think anyone involved in methylation therapies thinks it's a good thing. Also, see Ben Lynch's mthfr.net for info re folic.
So much information.
Are there three kinds? Folic acid, methyl folate and something else? Or is it the methyl folate that's the good stuff and does it work no matter if you have the mutations or not? Folic acid obviously does the trick for me even though I've probably been taking too much and increasing the dose too quickly.
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Gingergrrl and I, it seems, increased the folic and B12 doses at the same time before we got this. My doctor thought that it was the B12 that caused the reaction. The fact that I am now taking a sufficient amount of folate makes the B12 work perfectly, which in turn means that more than one or two shots a week is too much for me, at least at the moment. That would mean that I should continue taking folic acid (or change to whatever kind is best) and just take less B12. I don't trust that he knows what he's talking about though so I stopped folate too since yesterday.
Three years ago when I tried Freddds protocol I took 800 mcgs of methyl folate. It didn't do the trick, I had no effect from B12. But I should probably have taken more, right?
So: Should I change from folic acid to something else, even though I don't know if I have the mutation or not? Do I have to go slowly when lowering the folic acid dose?
