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so today we’re going to talk about

vitamin b9 there’s a couple different

versions one is folic acid one is folate

folic acid is the synthetic version

which I recommend you avoid and then you

have full egg which is the natural

version and the reason I want to bring

this up is that vitamin b9 is very very

important in many chemical reactions in

the body and especially in turning genes

on and turning them off and DNA repair

so if you’re deficient and b9 you can

have a lot of body issues in vitamin b9

is a very common deficiency simply

because the enzyme that helps you

convert folate or folic acid to the

active form of b9 which is methylfolate

uses this enzyme which is commonly

mutated so there are different types of

mutations or alterations in different

groups of people and some mutations

create no problem at all

others create huge problems with the

absorption of folate in fact 30 to 50

percent of the population has some form

of mutation in this gene and out of this

population you have various degrees of

absorption some people can absorb more

than others but the point is that a lot

of people are deficient in this active

form of b9 not having this vitamin work

in the body can lead to a lot of issues

one would be high homocysteine which can

create risk of getting a stroke heart

attack hearing loss many other symptoms

another deficiency symptom would be

increasing risk of cancer a heart

disease in fertility migraine headaches

depression and other problems with your

neurotransmitters and inability to

detoxify so you have one problem of not

getting enough of that nutrient but the

other problem is getting too much of the

synthetic version if you have a problem

with this gene and you’re taking or

being exposed to this synthetic form of

b9 you’re going to have a lot of

additional

problems so then the question is how

might you beginning folic acid well one

is they fortify a lot of the grains with

folic acid another common exposure would

be the vitamins that you’re taking if

you’re buying your vitamins from the

drugstore or even a helpful store in

their synthetic make sure it does not

have this version right here we get our

natural folate from dark leafy green

vegetables you can get them from organ

meats but very few people consume like

beef liver let alone consume enough

vegetables so just from a diet

standpoint a lot of people are deficient

in this nutrient right here one test

that you can do to determine if you have

a problem with this is it’s called

23andme it’s an online site and you can

order the test and find out if you have

a problem with this if you do then this

is the the version of b9 that you want

to take it’s called methyl full-length

it’s easy to find you can go to the

health store or order online but I would

also recommend taking at the same time a

high quality vitamin b12 you want to get

the methyl version of b12 as well it’s

called methylcobalamin and not the

synthetic version which is the cyano

Cibola main you want to get the methyl

version alright guys thanks for watching

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