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		<title>Comment on MTHFR Mutations and the Conditions They Cause by Christie B.</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/mthfr-mutations-and-the-conditions-they-cause/2011/09/07/#comment-1476</link>
		<dc:creator>Christie B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m wondering if a MTHFR mutation is a possiblity if I don&#039;t have many of the issues listed, but do have some (MS, chemical sensitivities, gut issues).  I had no trouble with miscarriages, and I don&#039;t have high blood pressure (I tend toward low), and my HDL is great, and so on.  What makes me really wonder, though is that my son has type 1 (and seems to be heading into chronic fatigue - makes me sooo sad), and my sister has had many miscarriages (no full pregnancies) and migraines and mental health issues.  A half sister has epilepsy, and the father we share died young (30s) with addiction issues, type2, and heart disease, and his mother had Alzheimer&#039;s.  So, although I don&#039;t have a lot of the issues, there are lot in my family.  But does that matter, or does a person need to personally have a lot of the issues listed above for it to be a possible contributor?  

I very much appreciate all the detailed information here.  And I will be coming back for more if I test positive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m wondering if a MTHFR mutation is a possiblity if I don&#8217;t have many of the issues listed, but do have some (MS, chemical sensitivities, gut issues).  I had no trouble with miscarriages, and I don&#8217;t have high blood pressure (I tend toward low), and my HDL is great, and so on.  What makes me really wonder, though is that my son has type 1 (and seems to be heading into chronic fatigue &#8211; makes me sooo sad), and my sister has had many miscarriages (no full pregnancies) and migraines and mental health issues.  A half sister has epilepsy, and the father we share died young (30s) with addiction issues, type2, and heart disease, and his mother had Alzheimer&#8217;s.  So, although I don&#8217;t have a lot of the issues, there are lot in my family.  But does that matter, or does a person need to personally have a lot of the issues listed above for it to be a possible contributor?  </p>
<p>I very much appreciate all the detailed information here.  And I will be coming back for more if I test positive.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Metafolin Knock Offs &#8211; Caution by Dr Ben</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/metafolin-knock-offs-caution/2011/11/17/#comment-1472</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Alisa - 

Thorne is a great company. I am not sure what the underlying source is for the article but I did find it concerning.

Seeking Health line is quite effective I find - people are getting great results - and I use it personally - along with my family. Your business is appreciated.

Australia is a fantastic country - with great people ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Alisa &#8211; </p>
<p>Thorne is a great company. I am not sure what the underlying source is for the article but I did find it concerning.</p>
<p>Seeking Health line is quite effective I find &#8211; people are getting great results &#8211; and I use it personally &#8211; along with my family. Your business is appreciated.</p>
<p>Australia is a fantastic country &#8211; with great people <img src='http://mthfr.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Metafolin Knock Offs &#8211; Caution by Alisa R.</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/metafolin-knock-offs-caution/2011/11/17/#comment-1471</link>
		<dc:creator>Alisa R.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Dr Ben,

I have just written a long post in the forum and will be scheduling a consult with you very soon (time difference from Australia prevents me from calling right now!).
I had already ordered some supplements before reading much of your website and now this worries me as I have ordered a supplement which contains 5mg 5-MTHF. The company is Thorne Research, and while I appreciate you may not be abele to comment about this online, I have used their products in the past and previous naturopaths have insisted that it is a great brand. I guess after I have used this batch of supplements I will switch to your products. Thanks, alisa</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Dr Ben,</p>
<p>I have just written a long post in the forum and will be scheduling a consult with you very soon (time difference from Australia prevents me from calling right now!).<br />
I had already ordered some supplements before reading much of your website and now this worries me as I have ordered a supplement which contains 5mg 5-MTHF. The company is Thorne Research, and while I appreciate you may not be abele to comment about this online, I have used their products in the past and previous naturopaths have insisted that it is a great brand. I guess after I have used this batch of supplements I will switch to your products. Thanks, alisa</p>
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		<title>Comment on Dr Lynch Family: Myriad of MTHFR Mutations by Dr Ben</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/dr-lynch-family-myriad-of-mthfr-mutations/2012/02/05/#comment-1469</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Jada - 

Lucky to have a father who is compound heterozygous MTHFR?! :) 

I use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.healthegoods.com/brands/alen-corp.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Alen Air Purifiers&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;strong&gt;I have 4 different Air Purifiers - depending on location, purpose and square footage.&lt;/strong&gt;
- Alen A375UV: Living Room - on all the time
- Alen A375UV: Mathew&#039;s Room - most sensitive to impure air - on randomly
- Alen T300: my office - used to be on all the time - now at times - I leave the windows open typically as I have pure air outside here.
- Alen A350: our bedroom

If you are looking for large square foot coverage, elimination of odors and chemicals, then I recommend the Alen A375UV purifier.

I recommend these over the IQAir purifiers due to huge cost savings for basically no loss in performance.

Filter replacement and maintenance is also very easy.

&lt;strong&gt;Water Purifiers:&lt;/strong&gt;
- I use two:
1) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.healthegoods.com/premium-10-stage-countertop-water-filter-new-wave-enviro.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Premium 10 Stage Countertop Water Filter&lt;/a&gt;: 
- excellent to take with us on road trips or overseas trips. Just take a wrench with you along with some other adapters and you all get clean water for pennies per gallon compared to dirty bottled water at dollars per liter.
- also can use at home - great water filter

2) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hightechhealth.com/html/ionizer_main.htm?ref=drbenlynch&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Akai Ionizer Plus&lt;/a&gt;.
- this is a higher-end water purifier that also lowers the pH of the water and reduces the water clusters into smaller ones making the water penetrate membranes better (so they say).
- I cannot vouch for that scientifically but I can say when I first started using it, I drank water non-stop. I couldn&#039;t stop drinking it and neither could my wife. We did this for the first month of having it. 
- I&#039;ve used this one in our home for 12 years now.
- If you say you were referred by Dr Ben Lynch, you save $300 off the price. I don&#039;t know what it is listed at anymore - been too long. (Disclosure: I do receive a small kick-back for recommending it; however, I would not recommend anything if I didn&#039;t trust it and/or use it personally)

&lt;strong&gt;For the sauna, I use an infrared sauna also from High Tech Health.&lt;/strong&gt;
They have a new one out but I don&#039;t recommend it over the original Thermal Life saunas.

I use, and my neighbors also enjoy it  ;), the 3 person &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hightechhealth.com/html/detox.htm?ref=DrBenLynch&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Thermal Life Far Infrared Sauna by High Tech Health&lt;/a&gt;.
I use this one as it is pure and doesn&#039;t use any bad materials.
- If you mention you were referred by Dr Ben Lynch, you will save $500 off any sauna (same disclosure).

I am glad you are looking to reduce exposures.

This is much more effective than detoxing. Preventing the toxin exposure in the first place is an absolute must.

&lt;strong&gt;I want to share with you two other things:&lt;/strong&gt;
1) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.healthegoods.com/natural-personal-care-product/bath-and-shower-products/new-wave-enviro-premium-shower-filter.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Shower Chlorine Filter&lt;/a&gt;: install this and have another one to take with you on trips to hotels (wrench applies also :) )

2) Get some basic vitamin C powder and add about 1 tablespoon to a bath. This removes the chlorine. Add more if needed!
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jada &#8211; </p>
<p>Lucky to have a father who is compound heterozygous MTHFR?! <img src='http://mthfr.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>I use the <a href="http://www.healthegoods.com/brands/alen-corp.html" rel="nofollow">Alen Air Purifiers</a>.</p>
<p><strong>I have 4 different Air Purifiers &#8211; depending on location, purpose and square footage.</strong><br />
- Alen A375UV: Living Room &#8211; on all the time<br />
- Alen A375UV: Mathew&#8217;s Room &#8211; most sensitive to impure air &#8211; on randomly<br />
- Alen T300: my office &#8211; used to be on all the time &#8211; now at times &#8211; I leave the windows open typically as I have pure air outside here.<br />
- Alen A350: our bedroom</p>
<p>If you are looking for large square foot coverage, elimination of odors and chemicals, then I recommend the Alen A375UV purifier.</p>
<p>I recommend these over the IQAir purifiers due to huge cost savings for basically no loss in performance.</p>
<p>Filter replacement and maintenance is also very easy.</p>
<p><strong>Water Purifiers:</strong><br />
- I use two:<br />
1) <a href="http://www.healthegoods.com/premium-10-stage-countertop-water-filter-new-wave-enviro.html" rel="nofollow">Premium 10 Stage Countertop Water Filter</a>:<br />
- excellent to take with us on road trips or overseas trips. Just take a wrench with you along with some other adapters and you all get clean water for pennies per gallon compared to dirty bottled water at dollars per liter.<br />
- also can use at home &#8211; great water filter</p>
<p>2) <a href="http://www.hightechhealth.com/html/ionizer_main.htm?ref=drbenlynch" rel="nofollow">Akai Ionizer Plus</a>.<br />
- this is a higher-end water purifier that also lowers the pH of the water and reduces the water clusters into smaller ones making the water penetrate membranes better (so they say).<br />
- I cannot vouch for that scientifically but I can say when I first started using it, I drank water non-stop. I couldn&#8217;t stop drinking it and neither could my wife. We did this for the first month of having it.<br />
- I&#8217;ve used this one in our home for 12 years now.<br />
- If you say you were referred by Dr Ben Lynch, you save $300 off the price. I don&#8217;t know what it is listed at anymore &#8211; been too long. (Disclosure: I do receive a small kick-back for recommending it; however, I would not recommend anything if I didn&#8217;t trust it and/or use it personally)</p>
<p><strong>For the sauna, I use an infrared sauna also from High Tech Health.</strong><br />
They have a new one out but I don&#8217;t recommend it over the original Thermal Life saunas.</p>
<p>I use, and my neighbors also enjoy it  <img src='http://mthfr.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> , the 3 person <a href="http://www.hightechhealth.com/html/detox.htm?ref=DrBenLynch" rel="nofollow">Thermal Life Far Infrared Sauna by High Tech Health</a>.<br />
I use this one as it is pure and doesn&#8217;t use any bad materials.<br />
- If you mention you were referred by Dr Ben Lynch, you will save $500 off any sauna (same disclosure).</p>
<p>I am glad you are looking to reduce exposures.</p>
<p>This is much more effective than detoxing. Preventing the toxin exposure in the first place is an absolute must.</p>
<p><strong>I want to share with you two other things:</strong><br />
1) <a href="http://www.healthegoods.com/natural-personal-care-product/bath-and-shower-products/new-wave-enviro-premium-shower-filter.html" rel="nofollow">Shower Chlorine Filter</a>: install this and have another one to take with you on trips to hotels (wrench applies also <img src='http://mthfr.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  )</p>
<p>2) Get some basic vitamin C powder and add about 1 tablespoon to a bath. This removes the chlorine. Add more if needed!</p>
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		<title>Comment on MTHFR Conference: Calling Health Professionals by Dr Ben</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/mthfr-conference-calling-health-professionals/2012/02/17/#comment-1468</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allison - 

Great question. Please contact Sterling Hill. You have any ideas?! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allison &#8211; </p>
<p>Great question. Please contact Sterling Hill. You have any ideas?! <img src='http://mthfr.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on MTHFR Conference: Calling Health Professionals by Allison</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/mthfr-conference-calling-health-professionals/2012/02/17/#comment-1450</link>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ben
For those in other countries, do you know what the plans are for disseminating the information after the conference?
thanks
Allison</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ben<br />
For those in other countries, do you know what the plans are for disseminating the information after the conference?<br />
thanks<br />
Allison</p>
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		<title>Comment on Dr Lynch Family: Myriad of MTHFR Mutations by jada</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/dr-lynch-family-myriad-of-mthfr-mutations/2012/02/05/#comment-1447</link>
		<dc:creator>jada</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article! YOur children are lucky to have you. 

Can you recommend and post what air purification you use? 
Do you use an infared sauna? 

thanks!
Jada</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article! YOur children are lucky to have you. </p>
<p>Can you recommend and post what air purification you use?<br />
Do you use an infared sauna? </p>
<p>thanks!<br />
Jada</p>
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		<title>Comment on What is your MTHFR Story? Write It. Share It. by Dr Ben</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/what-is-your-mthfr-story-write-it-share-it/2011/11/15/#comment-1440</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Becky- 

If you improved with Metanx, you should continue with it or something similar, such as HomocysteX - just a lower amount. Definitely need to get your D3 levels up. Appropriate foods and additional specific supplementation are likely needed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Becky- </p>
<p>If you improved with Metanx, you should continue with it or something similar, such as HomocysteX &#8211; just a lower amount. Definitely need to get your D3 levels up. Appropriate foods and additional specific supplementation are likely needed.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What is your MTHFR Story? Write It. Share It. by Becky</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/what-is-your-mthfr-story-write-it-share-it/2011/11/15/#comment-1439</link>
		<dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for replying so quickly, Dr. Ben! I really appreciate it.

Well, my pain went away with the Metanx almost immediately! Although, today is my last dose for the month &amp; I&#039;m back to having some joint &amp; muscle pain again but I am getting sick so it could be related. I&#039;d love to do a consult but would need to wait a bit. Is there anything you&#039;d be able to suggest in the meantime? Do you think I should try something other than Metanx or nothing at all? I&#039;m also taking Vitamin D3, fish oil and a couple of other things. Not much improvement though (my D levels were at 11 a couple of years ago).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for replying so quickly, Dr. Ben! I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Well, my pain went away with the Metanx almost immediately! Although, today is my last dose for the month &amp; I&#8217;m back to having some joint &amp; muscle pain again but I am getting sick so it could be related. I&#8217;d love to do a consult but would need to wait a bit. Is there anything you&#8217;d be able to suggest in the meantime? Do you think I should try something other than Metanx or nothing at all? I&#8217;m also taking Vitamin D3, fish oil and a couple of other things. Not much improvement though (my D levels were at 11 a couple of years ago).</p>
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		<title>Comment on MTHFR Consultations by Tricia</title>
		<link>http://mthfr.net/consultations/#comment-1437</link>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was so happy to see this website and to see that research is being done on MTHFR.  I feel like I have been dismissed by so many doctors that my homozygotic MTHFR gene mutation has nothing to do with my 6 recurrent pregnancy losses.
I have taken baby aspirin and folic acid to no avail.  I am hoping to find a doctor that will be more aggressive in treating me and hopefully having a successful pregnancy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was so happy to see this website and to see that research is being done on MTHFR.  I feel like I have been dismissed by so many doctors that my homozygotic MTHFR gene mutation has nothing to do with my 6 recurrent pregnancy losses.<br />
I have taken baby aspirin and folic acid to no avail.  I am hoping to find a doctor that will be more aggressive in treating me and hopefully having a successful pregnancy.</p>
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