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MTHFR is a slippery slope down a road to quackery and pseudoscientific BS, just a heads up. Not saying that methylation isn't a problem but it's one of the fast
by tbalsam 5y ago
MTHFR is a slippery slope down a road to quackery and pseudoscientific BS, just a heads up. Not saying that methylation isn't a problem but it's one of the fastest routes to burn $ with little change. Naturopaths and such can technically help but most of it is the placebo effect with an involved provider and getting some life aspects straightened out. I love the idea of integrative medicine but there's so much crap these days that's hard to tell apart from real science.
Plus, it's like Scientology, the syndromes and tests continue to get more expensive with little actual recourse. The treatment protocols are long and feel like you're doing something to treat something untreatable but for many they do nothing. For some they do a lot. But if you do the basics you see in other sciences of the body (eliminate corn/wheat/dairy etc, exercise, eat cleanly with a balanced diet, lower inflammation), you can get most of the benefits. Right now I think a lot of DNA tests are sort of a modern day hocus pocus trick to convince people we have some all seeing eye vision of what's causing what. It gives security but the science is still very very weak and there's a lot more work to do.
I'm sure once genetic-related language models mature we can be a bit more sure but it's just a lot of hokey pokey for the money. But some people do feel better with it. I was not one of them, and some of my friends were not either. :'( sometimes I think it may be regression to the mean too, so it's all hard to say
Rant, over!