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Person adding sliced chicken to a fresh salad — the balanced MTHFR diet approach combining plant foods with animal protein.

Why Plant-Based Diet Advice Can Backfire for MTHFR Carriers

MTHFR carriers — especially compound heterozygous ones — often need what animal foods provide most efficiently. Here’s the science, plus a real customer’s story about what happens when standard dietary advice doesn’t fit your genetics. If you’ve been told by a doctor to cut back on meat for cardiovascular or cholesterol reasons, that advice makes

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But I Have MTHFR — Do I Need Methylated B-Vitamins?

If you’ve been told you have an MTHFR mutation, there’s a high probability someone — your doctor, your naturopath, a podcast you listened to, the supplement aisle, a friend who’s into health — has also told you that you need to take the methylated forms of B-vitamins. Methylfolate instead of folic acid. Methylcobalamin instead of

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