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🗓️ 28 April 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Is folic acid really toxic for those with MTHFR gene polymorphisms? On today’s podcast, I take a balanced look at the research to help answer this question. I also share a case study about how one woman’s perimenopause symptoms were resolved with the help of conservative functional medicine, and a brief review research on modified citrus pectin as a heavy metal chelator.
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| 0:47.3 | This is Dr. Roushio, and today let's discuss a case study, |
| 0:52.3 | conservative functional medicine, and the appropriate use of antibiotics. |
| 0:58.7 | Also a critical, clinical review exploring a recent Medscape article on MTHFR polymorphism and folic acid. |
| 1:11.9 | And some of this misinformation kind of on both sides of the argument and at least our |
| 1:17.5 | best attempt to provide a dispassionate overview on it. |
| 1:22.9 | And finally, we'll do a review of a study looking at the effect of modified citrus pectin on urinary |
| 1:32.3 | excretion of toxic elements or another way of saying, how can binders help pull toxins |
| 1:38.4 | out of the body? |
| 1:40.2 | So this is what we will jump into here in a second. |
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