In the late-1980s, scientists discovered the first variant of the MTHFR gene through enzymatic assays of lymphocyte extracts. Over three decades later, scientists have now discovered many different variations of the MTHFR gene, also called an MTHFR mutation.
Although we understand how common an MTHFR mutation is, most people will go their entire life without ever knowing they suffer from it -- even if they’re showing obvious symptoms. Because of this, there’s a lot of confusion surrounding what an MTHFR mutation is and why we should be protecting our children from it.
To help you better understand how the MTHFR mutation can affect your child’s health, we’ll be discussing 11 of the most prominent ways it has affected people in the past. Of course, we’ll also want to go over what the MTHFR mutation is before we get into all of that.
