MTHFR specifically is a gene that holds the recipe for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase - an enzyme that helps our bodies convert vitamin B9 (also known as folate) into a usable form called methyl-folate. This process is called methylation. The process of methylation is very important to overall health and occurs in every cell of the body. It is necessary for the detoxification of environmental toxins that have made it into the body. It helps enzymes in the body to work properly, and it effects the function of genes themselves.
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