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Nancy Mullan, MD

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The MTHFR gene encodes for the MTHFR enzyme. The MTHFR enzyme converts 5,10 methylene folate to 5 methyl folate, depicted at the 11:00...

Nancy Mullan, MD

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The MTHFR C677T mutation is an important cause of many health issues. It reduces the number of methyl groups your body can generate. You...

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MTHFR A1298C Mutations and Depression MTHFR A1298C is the gene mutation that has the most direct impact on mood. A mutation in this gene...

Nancy Mullan, MD

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There are certain small molecules that your body needs to survive. You cannot go three minutes without oxygen or your brain will be damaged.

Nancy Mullan, MD

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MTHFR mutations slow down your ability to make methyl groups, those one-carbon, three-hydrogen molecules that are so important for the...

Nancy Mullan, MD

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If you have a mutation in your MTHFR A1298C gene, your body is impacted very differently from a mutation at MTHFR C677T or MTHFR 03. Most...

Nancy Mullan, MD

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Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? Have you been to 60 doctors and still have no answers? Are you feeling hopeless about...

Nancy Mullan, MD

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It takes a specific form of folate to bypass an MTHFR C677T mutation. The folic acid in many vitamins is a synthetic form of folate. It...

Nancy Mullan, MD

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You can’t make all of the methyl groups you need when you have an MTHFR mutation, and you need methyl groups for strong immune function....

Nancy Mullan, MD

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First the bad news... An MTHFR mutation reduces the number of methyl groups that you can make. Methyl groups are the simple biochemical...