{"id":19129,"date":"2018-08-12T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=19129"},"modified":"2018-08-12T12:02:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T02:02:02","slug":"what-the-heck-is-mthfr-and-why-you-should-worry-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=19129","title":{"rendered":"What the heck is MTHFR? (And why you should worry about it)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MTHFR is an enzyme that converts folic acid (vitamin B9) into its usable, active form\u2014called methyl-folate (5MTHF). Active methyl-folate is important because it plays a crucial role in a biochemical process called methylation. Methylation is heavily involved with your body\u2019s ability to detox itself, as well as enzyme, hormone and neurotransmitter production, and it even affects your DNA!<br \/>\nThe problem arises when someone has a mutation in the MTHFR gene.  Then their bodies can\u2019t produce enough MTHFR enzyme\u2026<br \/>\nSo in turn, folic acid doesn\u2019t get converted like it should, and as a result your body\u2019s methylation ability drops through the floor!<br \/>\nUnfortunately, it\u2019s believed that between 30 to 50 percent of people carry a mutation in the MTHFR gene, which is inherited and passed down from parent to child. Many people don\u2019t know this, but not all your genes are actively firing away 24\/7.  Some are lying dormant and only become a problem if they are \u201cawakened.\u201d<br \/>\nThis is the reason, for example, that having a BRCA-1, BRCA-2 or p53 gene mutation is not a guarantee you will get breast cancer.  The mutated gene must be triggered into action.<br \/>\nSo if yo9u suspect you are not optimally absorbing the nutrition you ingest, ask your doctor to test for the MTHFR gene mutation.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.holisticblends.com\/blogs\/holistic-blends-blog\/mthfr-what-it-is-and-how-it-may-be-affecting-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.holisticblends.com\/blogs\/holistic-blends-blog\/mthfr-what-it-is-and-how-it-may-be-affecting-you<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTHFR is an enzyme that converts folic acid (vitamin B9) into its usable, active form\u2014called methyl-folate (5MTHF). Active methyl-folate is important because it plays a crucial role in a biochemical process called methylation. Methylation is heavily involved with your body\u2019s ability to detox itself, as well as enzyme, hormone and neurotransmitter production, and it even &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=19129\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What the heck is MTHFR? (And why you should worry about it)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}