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🕒 What’s the best time to take methylfolate?

Simple answer: Morning or lunchtime.

⚡ Because methylfolate can be energizing, taking it too late might mess with your sleep.

⌛ It also has a 4–6 hour half-life, which means it tapers off pretty quickly. So if you want more stable levels throughout the day...

💊 Try splitting your dose:
Half in the morning, half around noon.

❓Missed a dose?
No big deal. Don’t double up—just take your regular amount the next day.

(And of course, talk to your healthcare provider for personalized advice.)

💙 Hope this was helpful!

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🚨 Why Avoid Gluten & Dairy with MTHFR?

If you have an MTHFR mutation, your body is already more prone to inflammation 🔥.
And guess what? Gluten and dairy are major culprits that can make things worse.

By cutting them out:
⬇️ You can reduce inflammation
⬇️ Support your overall health
⬇️ Ease some MTHFR-related issues

This is especially important if you’re dealing with an autoimmune condition 🛡️.
MTHFR mutations may increase your risk of autoimmunity, and both gluten and dairy are linked to triggering symptoms.

💡 The takeaway: Reducing these triggers could help you manage symptoms and feel better.

👉 And for extra support…
👉👉 Click here to check out our Chewable Digestive Enzymes product: methyl-life.com/products/chewable-digestive-enzyme…

Here’s to less post-meal regret. 😉🥂

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🥛🥖 What are “fortified foods”… and should you avoid them if you have MTHFR?

You’ve probably heard the advice: “Stay away from fortified foods.” But what does that actually mean? 🤔

➡️ Fortified = nutrients added (that weren’t originally there)
➡️ Enriched = nutrients replaced (that were lost during processing)

Examples:
🧂 Iodized salt → prevents goiter
🥛 Vitamin D in milk → prevents rickets
🍊 Calcium in juice → supports bones
🍞 Folic acid in grains → reduces neural tube defects

✅ Great for public health.
❌ Not so great if you have MTHFR.

Here’s why 👇
🔬 With MTHFR, your body may struggle to process folic acid (the synthetic form of folate). This can lead to a buildup of unmetabolized folic acid … which nobody wants.

🛑 What to watch for on labels:
– If it says folic acid → walk away 🚶‍♀️
– If it says folate but doesn’t clarify → still risky (likely synthetic in processed foods)

✅ Better bets:
– Foods proudly labeled “Folic Acid Free”
– Many keto, grain-free, or imported products
– Always check labels (organic ≠ folic acid free)

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So… your SSRIs don’t work? ❌🧠

If antidepressants haven’t helped you the way you hoped, it doesn’t automatically mean they “don’t work” for you.

Most antidepressants (like SSRIs) work by helping serotonin stay in the brain longer 🧠
But they don’t help your body make serotonin.

So if serotonin production is already low… there isn’t much for the medication to work with.

This is where methylfolate can matter. 💡
Folate (specifically methylfolate) is involved in the steps your body uses to produce serotonin.

And if MTHFR is part of your picture 🧬, that conversion can be less efficient … which may limit serotonin production upstream.

That’s why, for some people, this combo helps:
🧩 methylfolate → supports serotonin production
🔒 SSRI → helps serotonin stay around longer

⚠️ Important nuance:
Adding methylfolate on top of antidepressants should always be gradual and individualized. Serotonin can rise faster than expected, so start low and go slow.

I hope this helped make things click. 💚

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If you’ve ever taken methylfolate and thought
“Why do I feel worse??” … you’re not alone.

Here’s what I see all the time:

A doctor says:
👉 “Take 15 mg of methylfolate.”
(Basically the highest dose you can get.)

So people do exactly what they’re told (because why wouldn’t they?) … and end up feeling:
😣 anxious
😵‍💫 wired or overstimulated
😴 unable to sleep
🤕 headachey or irritable

And then they assume:
❌ “Methylfolate isn’t for me.”

But often… it’s not the nutrient.
It’s just too much, too fast.

👇 So here’s the approach I’ve found works best 👇

If you’re very sensitive, you don’t always want to start with methylfolate right away.
(If you’re not very sensitive, you can skip ahead.)

1️⃣👉 First, prepare the pathways
Start with a clean, non-methylated multivitamin (no B9, no B12) for a couple of weeks.

This gives your body the basic cofactors it needs, so methylfolate has somewhere to work later.

2️⃣👉 Then consider adding in NAC
Taking NAC for a couple of weeks can help boost glutathione, which often makes methylated nutrients much easier to tolerate.

Typical range: a few hundred mg up to ~2,400 mg daily, depending on tolerance.

3️⃣👉 Introduce methylfolate
Begin with 500 mcg–1 mg.

Our Methylated Multivitamin provides 1 mg per full serving (4 tablets), which makes it easy to scale down by taking fewer tablets if you’re sensitive.

👉 Stay there for 5–7 days
Give your body time to settle and show you how it feels.

👉 Increase slowly
Only go up by 500 mcg–1 mg at a time … and again, wait a full week.

At some point, you may want to add a standalone methylfolate on top of the multivitamin.
At first, even ½ a tablet can be plenty.

⚠️👉 If you feel “off”
Skip a day → then return to the last dose that felt good.

✨👉 Stop when you feel better
When your symptoms are improving and things feel more balanced (and no side effects), that’s your sweet spot.
And your sweet spot might be well below 15 mg … and that’s perfectly fine.

💡👉 Pro tip: Adding active B12 can sometimes reduce how much methylfolate your body needs.

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So, the goal isn’t a big number.
It’s the smallest dose that actually helps. 💚

I hope this was helpful. 😉

#mthfr #folate

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