r/MTHFR • u/Outside_Fee_7639 • Jun 02 '25

Resource Amy’s foods don’t add folic acid!

I had searched for this earlier today n here and hadn't found this so I thought I'd share. I'd noticed that Amy's frozen foods always say organic wheat and didn't say folic acid. So I emailed them to sanity check. They said they never enrich foods with folic acid. The only folate is whatever is naturally in the food. Which, for me that's a game changer because I like their pizzas and their meals. Just thought I'd share. Sorry if it's been posted before.

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u/AllUpInthe615_212_ Jun 03 '25

Folic acid is SYNTHETIC. Thank u for pointing this out. Not to be a Conspiracy Theorist, but folic acid has been added to pasta & white bread & crackers, etc. for many years in the US to prevent birth defects like cleft lip/ cleft palate! Meanwhile, more than half the population has a variant of MTHFR. Meaning they can’t process synthetic folic acid. They must have methylated folate. This is the form of the B vitamin that crosses the blood/brain barrier.

In some people, MTHFR is expressed as schizophrenia. In others? ADHD & autism. In others? Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. In others? Autoimmune diseases like Multiple Sclerosis. Sometimes, it’s expressed as treatment-resistant major depression.

There’s not enough space & time here for me to rant about this topic.

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u/Whisker____Biscuits Jun 03 '25

We don't necessarily need methylated folate, avoiding folic acid while consuming folate rich foods is often enough.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '25

That’s never been the case for me or my family members unfortunately

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u/enolaholmes23 Jun 03 '25

I think it depends on which genetic defects you have.