Reply To: folate questions!

[Ryann Kipping, MPH, RDN, LDN]

Hi! Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate so it has to be converted in our bodies to the most active form of folate, the methylated version. So, if we supplement with this version, methylated folate, then we bypass the process folic acid has to go through to turn into methylfolate. This is even more important for those with the MTHFR gene mutation, meaning they cannot process folic acid at all or at a very low rate.