Why Choose Folate over Folic Acid for Your Vitamin B9 Needs?

The words folate and folic acid are often used interchangeably to describe the vitamin known as vitamin B9, despite the fact that they are not exactly the same thing. Generally speaking, folate is the term used to describe the form of this vitamin that naturally occurs in foods – dark, green leafy vegetables are good sources of naturally occurring folate. Folic acid is the synthetic form of vitamin B9 that is found in fortified foods and most dietary supplements. And, to add further confusion to this discussion, the term methylfolate is cropping up with increased frequency. Methylfolate, known scientifically as 5-MTHF, is the active form of Vitamin B9 that is used in the body for many processes and reactions. Before your body can utilize the folic acid you ingest, and to some extent the folate you get from eating vegetables, it must be converted to methylfolate. Up to a whopping 60% of the population have a defect in their MTHFR gene which prevents the body from converting folic acid to active methylfolate. Most people have no way of knowing if they are absorbing their B Vitamins or are being blocked by the MTHFR gene defect. Doctors are now testing patients with greater frequency to determine if the MTHFR gene defect is present and blocking this critical conversion. Unlike other drinkable fertility mix supplements, the folic acid in Myo-Folate is active methylfolate, as the patented, highly bioavailable ingredient known as Quatrefolic. For more information on methylfolate, read the article by Dr. Chris Melitis.

The folate in Myo-Folate not only works in conjunction with myo-inositol to regulate cycles and improve egg health, it also helps prevent birth defects that can come from neural tube defects. Vitamin B9 is recommended for the general population but especially for any woman in her child-bearing years, regardless of whether she is trying to conceive at the time.

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Helps Prevent Birth Defects. Folate Plays an Important Role in Cell Division and It Is Critical that a Woman Has Plenty in Her Body Before Conception.

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