by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Addiction, Anxiety, Articles, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Healthy Kids & Parents, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
MTHF-Huh? MTHFR stands for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, a gene that codes for an enzyme of the same name. However, if the MTHFR gene is mutated, the enzyme produced is imperfectly created.1 (Oh, and yes, doctors do joke amongst themselves about “MTHFR”...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Articles, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Healthy Kids & Parents
It’s long been understood that folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy reduces the risk of spina bifida and other neural tube defects in children. But can it also prevent autism? Last year, a Norwegian group of researchers asked this very question. The...
by Erica Zelfand | Jul 13, 2023 | Addiction, Anxiety, Articles, Dr. Erica Zelfand, Healthy Kids & Parents
This is Part II of my previous entry on the importance of supplementing folic acid during pregnancy. Folic acid is one of the B vitamins. It is used by the body to make healthy new cells, balance inflammation, and support the nervous system. For women who may become...
