<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Don't Be An MTHFR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't Be An MTHFR]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:27:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why Some People Feel Worse on Creatine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Creatine is one of the most-studied supplements in human nutrition. Most people who take it feel better. A meaningful minority don't. Here's the biology behind that split. Creatine has been studied more thoroughly than almost any supplement on the market. The research consistently shows benefits — for strength, for energy, for cognition, for mood, even for protecting brain tissue under stress. So why do some people take it and feel worse? Not bad in a side-effect way. Worse in a low-mood,...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/why-some-people-feel-worse-on-creatine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a32dc2ece85b49c3c4dcf9e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:49:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_8cae0ecdada54ec3aa4c660e75d8c190~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Same Caffeine. Different Biology.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why one person can drink coffee at 3 PM and sleep like a stone, while another has one cup before noon and lies awake half the night. Some people drink coffee at 3 PM and sleep fine. Others have one cup before noon and lie awake half the night. Same caffeine. Same dose. Completely different biology. The difference isn't tolerance. It isn't willpower. It isn't "being sensitive." It's an enzyme called COMT — catechol-O-methyltransferase — and the version of it you carry shapes your relationship...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/same-caffeine-different-biology</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a32b511ce85b49c3c4d74e4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:56:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_6751de936ebd45a288c801a89a4580c5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hormone Disruption Is Everywhere. Here's One Thing That Protects The Whole Family.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your tap water tests positive for herbicides, pesticides, pharmaceutical residues, and increasingly, illicit drug metabolites. Your conventional produce carries glyphosate. Your food packaging leaches phthalates and BPA into what's inside it. Your personal care products contain parabens, fragrances, and a long list of compounds that act on your endocrine system. Your receipts are coated in thermal-paper BPA. Your household cleaners off-gas into the air your family breathes. This is not...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/hormone-disruption-is-everywhere-here-s-one-thing-that-protects-the-whole-family</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f295900dbe48b1c7a42e6</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:50:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_d796224d1f9746288b75af82139f19a6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty Is Built From The Inside — The Collagen And Glycine Story Nobody Tells You]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walk through any beauty aisle in any pharmacy or department store, and you will find hundreds of products promising to restore your skin, strengthen your hair, smooth your fine lines, and reverse the visible signs of aging. Serums, creams, masks, peels, treatments, and the constantly evolving array of "breakthrough" ingredients that the industry releases every year. Some of these products are useful. Many of them are not. But almost all of them share one fundamental limitation: they work on...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/beauty-is-built-from-the-inside-the-collagen-and-glycine-story-nobody-tells-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f22ae00dbe48b1c7a3786</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:00:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_530eb087966d48519ad58ea6b8729aaf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magnesium Glycinate — The NMDA Brake And The Cofactor For Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Magnesium is one of the most discussed minerals in modern health conversations. You have probably read about it. You may have tried magnesium supplements at various points. You probably found that some forms helped and some did not, and you might not have known why. Most of the popular education on magnesium stops at "magnesium is calming" or "magnesium helps with sleep" — useful but incomplete framings that miss most of what this mineral actually does. This post is about the mechanisms that...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/magnesium-glycinate-the-nmda-brake-and-the-cofactor-for-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f1a40286a0f68ac0f6cf8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:52:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_21f522611c1a407b842e20e328152e69~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NAC — The Six Mechanisms Almost Nobody Discusses]]></title><description><![CDATA[NAC may be the most underestimated ingredient in the entire functional medicine toolkit. Most people who know NAC know it as one of two things: a glutathione precursor, or the emergency medicine that doctors give to people who have overdosed on acetaminophen. Both of these are true and important. But they represent maybe a third of what NAC actually does in the body. The other two-thirds — the parts that explain why NAC has accumulated such an unusual research base across so many seemingly...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/nac-the-six-mechanisms-almost-nobody-discusses</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f1577418318a8f7e72488</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:16:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_5cc4cdc94e3b44c58f98063f77197304~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TMG — The MTHFR Bypass Route You've Never Heard Of]]></title><description><![CDATA[TMG — The MTHFR Bypass Route You've Never Heard Of If you have spent any time in the MTHFR community, you have heard about methylfolate, methylcobalamin, riboflavin, and the standard supply-side approach to methylation support. You may have heard about creatine. You may have heard about glycine. You probably have not heard much about TMG. This is one of the largest gaps in the popular methylation conversation, because TMG — trimethylglycine, also called betaine anhydrous — is arguably one of...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/tmg-the-mthfr-bypass-route-you-ve-never-heard-of</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f0e3ad1a315f32780d221</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:55:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_8e22f5e3e92d4ae187409e667c376580~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Two Histamine Systems — Why DAO Supplements Aren't Solving Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you have been struggling with histamine issues, you have probably tried the standard approach. You took DAO supplements before meals. You eliminated fermented foods, aged cheeses, leftover proteins, and the long list of high-histamine foods in the elimination protocols. You took antihistamines. You worked with practitioners who told you that histamine sensitivity is a gut problem, an inflammation problem, a mast cell problem. Some of it helped. Probably not all of it. You may be one of the...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/the-two-histamine-systems-why-dao-supplements-aren-t-solving-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f0863286a0f68ac0f4bd2</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:15:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_4c8c78c8e84041859f81fed049e39089~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Glycine Gap — Why Modern Diets Leave Almost Everyone Short]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Glycine Gap — Why Modern Diets Leave Almost Everyone Short Almost everyone you know is running a glycine deficit. Almost none of them know it. This is not an exaggeration. The math is straightforward, the biology is well-established, and the consequences ripple across nearly every body system that matters. And yet glycine — one of the most important amino acids in human biochemistry — gets less attention in modern health conversations than nearly any other foundational nutrient. This post...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/the-glycine-gap-why-modern-diets-leave-almost-everyone-short</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2efb53963b3c1436e9ea3e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:00:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_7062f771bf05404d99bfd1822dcb1f49~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What If I Don't Have MTHFR — Or Don't Know If I Do? Is This Product For Me?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is one of the most common questions readers ask once they begin reading about the methylation picture, and it deserves a clear, honest answer. The short version: yes, this product is likely relevant to you regardless of whether you carry MTHFR variants. The longer version explains why — and the explanation is more interesting than most people expect. But before we get there, let's address the testing question, because it sits behind the original question for a lot of people. On The...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/what-if-i-don-t-have-mthfr-or-don-t-know-if-i-do-is-this-product-for-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2ef56a00dbe48b1c79e490</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:56:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_0a650058c6b548338ad37472a535ef1d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why "Just Take Methylfolate" Is Incomplete Advice]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you have tested positive for an MTHFR variant, you have almost certainly heard the same recommendation from multiple sources: switch to methylfolate. Take methylcobalamin. Avoid folic acid. That is the standard advice in the MTHFR community, and it is repeated so often that most people receive it as the complete answer to what their genetic test results mean. The advice is not wrong. Methylated B vitamins genuinely help many people with MTHFR variants. The problem is that the advice is...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/why-just-take-methylfolate-is-incomplete-advice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2ef17cd1a315f327809aef</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:34:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_c2cee928e4dd4d1eb06cb7e77e6d0772~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is DBAMTHFR Methylated B Vitamins, Or Does It Replace Them?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is DBAMTHFR Methylated B Vitamins, Or Does It Replace Them? This is one of the most common questions readers ask once they begin to understand the methylation picture. They have been taking methylfolate and methylcobalamin for months or years. Their functional medicine practitioner recommended them. Their genetic test report mentioned them. The MTHFR community talks about them constantly. Then they encounter DBAMTHFR — a formula that does not contain either one — and they reasonably ask: Is...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/is-dbamthfr-methylated-b-vitamins-or-does-it-replace-them</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2eec78963b3c1436e9cd8d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:22:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_9b78b20c6a8a4b61801a894b43530b1d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMT And MTHFR — Why The Combination Matters More Than Either Alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you have spent time researching MTHFR, you may have come across mentions of another gene called COMT. Some people get tested for both. Some functional medicine practitioners reference them together. Some online discussions treat them as separate concerns that happen to overlap in some people. Here is what most of those conversations miss: COMT and MTHFR are not just two genes that sometimes appear together. They share a critical biochemical resource, and when both are running at reduced...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/comt-and-mthfr-why-the-combination-matters-more-than-either-alone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2ee90e00dbe48b1c79cb9d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:57:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_9836b5754d5b4862bc7e97d668ac8fa6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Biggest Drain On Your Energy Isn't What You Think]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most discussions of methylation focus on supply. How to get more methylfolate. How to support the cycle. How to feed the system that produces methyl groups. This is half the picture. Maybe less than half. The other half — the half almost nobody discusses — is demand. Where do all those methyl groups actually go once your body produces them? What competes for the SAM you make every day? And which single process consumes so much of the daily supply that everything else has to run on what's left...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/the-biggest-drain-on-your-energy-isn-t-what-you-think</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2ee67f418318a8f7e6ca99</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:45:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_e2e0af01e17f4b978db8fae0f2f3adc9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is SAM? The Molecule At The Center Of Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Is SAM? The Molecule At The Center Of Everything If you have spent any time reading about MTHFR, methylation, or B vitamins, you have probably seen the term SAM appear and disappear without much explanation. It is sometimes called SAMe, sometimes SAM-e, sometimes S-adenosylmethionine.  Most articles mention it briefly and move on, as if the reader is supposed to already know what it is. Here is the truth: SAM is the molecule that everything else in the methylation conversation revolves...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/what-is-sam-the-molecule-at-the-center-of-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2edf3e286a0f68ac0efebe</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:35:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_997b1300fc3447958d3baa2c751681b2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Most Common MTHFR Symptoms — And Why They Share The Same Upstream Cause]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you carry an MTHFR variant, there is a good chance you have been collecting symptoms for years that nobody connected to each other. Fatigue that does not respond to rest. Anxiety that feels physiological rather than psychological. Brain fog that comes and goes without explanation. Sleep that does not restore you. Mood that swings on a hair trigger. Reactions to foods, environments, or stresses that other people seem to handle without effort. These are not separate problems. They are...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/the-most-common-mthfr-symptoms-and-why-they-share-the-same-upstream-cause</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2edb1bd1a315f32780724c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:01:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_4f239676c11c4552aff0f7d02b7f6f9f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is MTHFR? A Clear Explanation Without The Overwhelm]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've recently learned that you carry an MTHFR variant — through a genetic test, a functional medicine practitioner, or your own research after years of unexplained symptoms — you're likely sitting with a confusing mix of information. Some sources make it sound catastrophic. Others dismiss it entirely. The truth is more measured than either extreme, and understanding what MTHFR actually is gives you the clarity to make informed decisions about your health. This is the foundation. Once you...]]></description><link>https://www.dontbeanmthfr.com/post/what-is-mthfr-a-clear-explanation-without-the-overwhelm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2ed6bb963b3c1436e9a7a3</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:43:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d99e5_ad1c8c4a5efe4943bdfa4f28b8c8b40d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Adam Oshien</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>