https://selfhacked.com/blog/optimal-vs-normal-ranges/ Cutting-Edge Solutions For a Better Life Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:50:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 https://selfhacked.com/blog/optimal-vs-normal-ranges/#comment-38508 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:10:20 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=51777#comment-38508 Thank you, I updated it! If you find another error, feel free to email me: [email protected].

]]> https://selfhacked.com/blog/optimal-vs-normal-ranges/#comment-36778 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:55:05 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=51777#comment-36778 Have to agree with Sam, and take it a bit further. Folate should not be conflated with folic acid. Folate is a water soluble B vitamin (there are several subtypes) while folic acid is a non water soluble precursor that is converted to folate by an enzyme in the liver. Folate has to be methylated to work in the body and unmethylated folic acid (UMFA) can build up in the blood stream, giving an apparently healthy level while RBC folate is still way too low. The C677T MTHFR SNP (about 50% of the population, inhibits methylation efficiency by about 40-70% and calls for supplementation only with methyl folate, never folic acid.

]]> https://selfhacked.com/blog/optimal-vs-normal-ranges/#comment-36637 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 21:16:18 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=51777#comment-36637 Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening trial has recently reported for the first time a potential harmful effect of high folate intake on breast cancer risk.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17063929

]]> https://selfhacked.com/blog/optimal-vs-normal-ranges/#comment-36636 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 21:13:36 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=51777#comment-36636 By the way, who is an author of this article. The quality of the articles is subnormal. Please clarify what folate levels test are you talking about? Folate (Folic Acid), Folate, RBC, Folate, RBC and Serum. You haven’t researched this enough to show validity of one test over another for disease prevention and MTHFR mutations.

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