Half The Population Has this Gene Mutation

What you need to know about MTHFR... and PS: I have it.

MTHFR looks like an abbreviation for a bad word and that’s how my mom remembers the letters M-T-H-F-R but it actually stands for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, which is an enzyme involved in the methylation cycle. Clearly “MTHFR” is easier to remember. It’s a process that occurs in the body and is important for various biochemical reactions. Have you heard of MTHFR? I hadn’t heard about it until 2015 when I was diagnosed with it… and, the way I remember it is “mother father” — much more PG, right?

Some say that 50% of our population have MTHFR.

What is MTHFR?