Hello! Do you have any information on the use of rosemary for MTHFR? I just read something that said rosmarinic acid is considered a methylation adaptogen because it has been shown to regulate DNMT. Other herbs also called "methylation adaptogens" in the same article were shitake, turmeric, and goji berries. I remember you mentioning MTHFR in some of the herbs we covered, but I can't recall which ones. Thank you!

To add to my question above, after doing more research and thinking about it...is it really the MTHFR gene mutation causing the symptoms? Why would the symptoms suddenly appear? Shouldn't they have had those symptoms their whole life? I'm trying to understand. My guess is that it's not the gene (or the gene is only a small part of the problem) and it more likely has a foundation in poor digestion, stress, environmental factors, etc. What are your thoughts? Thank you!

First of all there is such thing as a methylation adaptogen, the person who wrote the article does not understand the term adaptogen. While Rosemary contains rosmarinic acid, it makes up a very small amount of the herbs constituents, so you cannot equate Rosemary the herb, to pure rosmarinic acid. As for MTHFR gene snips, they affect how well you can methylate and uptake certain B vitamins , as well as eliminate heavy metals and environmental toxins. So there is an interplay between diet/ nutritional intake, environmental exposure to toxins, ability to eliminate wastes via other metabolic pathways, taking substance that enhance methylation, gut health or dysbiosis, etc. So someone who has this can have different symptoms at different times in their life due to many other factors. _