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23andme say this about MTHFR: > Despite lots of research – and lots of buzz – the existing scientific data doesn’t support the vast majority of claims that com

• Aurornis 2y ago
  No, it’s correct. MTHFR as told by the internet is an alternative medicine topic. It has been abused by influencers and supplement sellers because it’s extremely common to have one of these variants. The influencers use it as an “aha!” moment because most people who go looking for it will have it. Most of the internet advice about MTHFR is completely without basis in science. If you have one of the rarer homozygous mutations then it’s worth looking at, but it’s not the explanation for all ills that you see from influencers. Chances are good that if you’re reading this, healthy or not, you have a MTHFR variant. It does not mean anything by itself. Methylfolate is also used as an adjunct to antidepressants because it has some efficacy in depression in some cases. That fact is probably not coincidental to all of these reports about people feeling “better” when they start taking it. MTHFR may not even be involved at all.