299. Q&A: Folic Acid, MTHFR, Vitamin D3 & Testosterone

“MTHFR stands for methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase. It's a fancy way of saying your body has impaired folic acid or folate metabolism. And why is that important? Because in the human body, we rarely use compounds based on how they enter the human body.”

“We refine them into the usable form. This gene, which is one of the most common in the world, refines folate and folic acid into the form that your body can use. Now, if you cannot refine the most prevalent nutrient in the human diet, what does that cause?”

“not want to be taking folic acid. You want to be supplementing with something called methylfolate. If you're in the pregnancy phase, you want to be taking a methylated prenatal vitamin.”

“Question number eight, folate versus folic acid. My doctor prescribed folic acid. This is super common. So let me just tell you what folic acid is and what it's not. Folic acid is an entirely man-made compound. It's an entirely synthetic compound.”

“federal government decided that we needed to spray this on our entire grain supply. So all breads, cereals, flour, pasta, grains of any kind are sprayed with the chemical folic acid. You will never convince me that a nutrient that we did not even compound in a lab until the 1940s is somehow essential for a healthy pregnancy or necessary for a healthy lifestyle.”

“It's not. Folate occurs naturally in nature. Folic acid does not. So if you're going to supplement for folate, the best way to supplement is with something called methylfolate or 5-MTHF.”

“About 46% of the population has this. So don't panic if you do. You just want to supplement with something called methyl folate. MTHFR stands for methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase. It's a fancy way of saying your body has impaired folic acid or folate metabolism.”

“not want to be taking folic acid. You want to be supplementing with something called methylfolate. If you're in the pregnancy phase, you want to be taking a methylated prenatal vitamin.”

“Folic acid does not. So if you're going to supplement for folate, the best way to supplement is with something called methylfolate or 5-MTHF. Breathwork. How many breaths, how long, the holds, when. And one of the most powerful tools for exactly what we just talked about is completely free.”

“Question number seven, how much vitamin D3 and what level do I target? So vitamin D3, if you look at it on a lab, it goes from 30 nanograms per deciliter to 100 nanograms per deciliter. You're considered okay if you're over 30. Well, 30 is clinically deficient.”

“So how do you know if you're getting 60 to 80 nanograms of vitamin D3? You want to be taking a minimum of 5,000 IUs per day, and you always want to pair it with something called vitamin K2. Why? Because vitamin D3 is a calcium transport molecule and it can deposit calcium into the arterial wall or it can deposit it into the bones.”

“your arterial wall. So as a general guideline, 5,000 IUs of vitamin D3 per day minimum, even if you're getting adequate sunlight. Question number eight, folate versus folic acid.”

“So I make a drink in the morning in about 10 ounces of water. I put a scoop of something called perfect aminos, which is all nine of the essential amino acids. Remember, amino acids are not proteins. They are the building blocks of proteins. So you can build all kinds of structures in the human body from essential amino acids.”

“So I take perfect aminos. I take two hydrogen tablets, and I always take all 91 of the essential minerals, and I take something called Baja Gold Sea Salt. So I take a mineral salt, hydrogen tablet, and all nine of the essential amino acids every single morning without failure, whether I'm traveling or not, or whether I'm home or on the road.”

“take something called Baja Gold Sea Salt. So I take a mineral salt, hydrogen tablet, and all nine of the essential amino acids every single morning without failure, whether I'm traveling or not, or whether I'm home or on the road.”

“I saute them in grass-fed butter and will sometimes add olive oil to my meals. I eat a lot of slow-burned carbs, so things like sweet potatoes, brown rice, sourdough bread. So whole foods. That's the secret. What is Gary's morning routine? What's in his morning drink?”

“And if you told that to your cardiologist, they would absolutely freak out. So I eat a whole food diet. I eat a lot of whole eggs. I eat grass-fed meats, pasture-raised eggs, free-range chicken. I eat a lot of vegetables. I saute them in grass-fed butter and will sometimes add olive oil to my meals.”

“of parasympathetic, which is rest and digest. Those breaths might look something like this. I put an eye mask on, I'm in a dark room, I'm in a cold room, I'm under my covers, I'm not looking at the phone, six feet from my head, I'm relaxed. I'll take a long, slow inhale through my nose.”

“So I eat a whole food diet. I eat a lot of whole eggs. I eat grass-fed meats, pasture-raised eggs, free-range chicken. I eat a lot of vegetables. I saute them in grass-fed butter and will sometimes add olive oil to my meals. I eat a lot of slow-burned carbs, so things like sweet potatoes, brown rice, sourdough bread.”

“I eat grass-fed meats, pasture-raised eggs, free-range chicken. I eat a lot of vegetables. I saute them in grass-fed butter and will sometimes add olive oil to my meals. I eat a lot of slow-burned carbs, so things like sweet potatoes, brown rice, sourdough bread. So whole foods. That's the secret.”

“So I eat a whole food diet. I eat a lot of whole eggs. I eat grass-fed meats, pasture-raised eggs, free-range chicken. I eat a lot of vegetables. I saute them in grass-fed butter and will sometimes add olive oil to my meals. I eat a lot of slow-burned carbs, so things like sweet potatoes, brown rice, sourdough bread.”

“We have to get them from diet or supplementation. So I take a scoop of something called perfect amino. I take two hydrogen water tablets, which are called H2TAB. I drop those into water. Those will effervesce into 13 part per million hydrogen gas. You've heard me talk about this before.”

“If you look at the research on eczema, psoriasis, you can actually apply hydrogen topically to the skin as well. So I take perfect aminos. I take two hydrogen tablets, and I always take all 91 of the essential minerals, and I take something called Baja Gold Sea Salt.”

“You want to be supplementing with something called methylfolate. If you're in the pregnancy phase, you want to be taking a methylated prenatal vitamin. So you hear me talk about supplements and nutrition all the time. If you have that gene mutation or you suspect that you do, methylated vitamins are the best source of nutrition for you.”

“So I eat a whole food diet. I eat a lot of whole eggs. I eat grass-fed meats, pasture-raised eggs, free-range chicken. I eat a lot of vegetables. I saute them in grass-fed butter and will sometimes add olive oil to my meals. I eat a lot of slow-burned carbs, so things like sweet potatoes, brown rice, sourdough bread.”

“I saute them in grass-fed butter and will sometimes add olive oil to my meals. I eat a lot of slow-burned carbs, so things like sweet potatoes, brown rice, sourdough bread. So whole foods. That's the secret. What is Gary's morning routine? What's in his morning drink?”

“of waking and you follow that with 30 minutes of steady state cardio, what is that? That's cardiovascular exercise where you're walking on a treadmill. For me, that's a five degree incline at a three and a half mile an hour pace. You should be able to hold a conversation, watch an iPad, listen to a podcast, watch a video or a show.”

“So how do you know if you're getting 60 to 80 nanograms of vitamin D3? You want to be taking a minimum of 5,000 IUs per day, and you always want to pair it with something called vitamin K2. Why? Because vitamin D3 is a calcium transport molecule and it can deposit calcium into the arterial wall or it can deposit it into the bones.”