What Supplements Should You Take if You Have a COMT Mutation?
Generally speaking, if you have a “mutation” in this gene, what that really means is that you have an under-functioning polymorphism that is less effective at breaking down dopamine, estrogen, and other metabolites…
Is Coffee ☕ Good for People with a Fast COMT?
Caffeine (through coffee, tea, or otherwise) has the clear potential to interact with different COMT variants in different ways. I discussed some of this in a previous article, where I covered how caffeine can actually increase the risk of heart attacks in people with slow COMT variants. But what about fast COMT variants…
How the COMT Gene Affects Your Susceptibility to Pain
Pain is a very subjective experience. What barely perturbs one person can be enough to utterly upend another’s life entirely. This applies to physical pain—things like thorn pricks, broken bones, etc.—as well as emotional and psychological pain…
Why Caffeine ☕ is Not for Everyone, Genetically Speaking
Coffee is not being used as it should. And this is problematic for everyone, but it is especially so for people with specific genetic variants.
Supplements to Avoid with a Slow COMT
As you may remember from our previous articles, catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is an enzyme that breaks down catecholamines (most relevantly, dopamine), undesirable forms of estrogen, and other toxic substances in the body…
How NAC Can Help People with COMT Mutations
Catechol-O-methyltransferase, or COMT as it’s more commonly known, is an enzyme that’s responsible for breaking down a variety of different compounds in the body. This includes things like: Dopamine—an important neurotransmitter…
An Often-Overlooked Aspect of Healing from Spike Protein
The spike protein—that protein encoded both by the COVID virus and the COVID vaccine—is a particularly nasty protein. It’s been found to distribute itself throughout the body’s tissues after vaccination or infection, accumulating in various bodily tissues and organs, causing untold harm to the thyroid gland, the brain, the reproductive organs, and more.
How Genetic Testing Can Help You Overcome Inflammation
Chronic, systemic inflammation is an extremely common problem, especially in the hyper-modern, first-world type environments that so many of us live in. So many of the patients that I work with—people with conditions from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue to hypothyroidism and IBS—have full-body, long-term inflammation as a key underlying component of their conditions.
How Do I Know if I Need Additional Methylation Testing?
How do you know if you need additional methylation genetic testing, above and beyond MTHFR testing?
Genetic Testing for OCD?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is more common than you may think. Around 1 in 40 people develop it at some point in their life, and it can be quite debilitating. People with OCD experience intrusive, unshakeable thoughts as well as compulsive behaviors.
How SIBO Can Be Caused by Undermethylation
How can a methylation problem cause SIBO? One of the most important components of the digestive process is the production and release of bile—a liquid substance containing fat emulsification and other digestive factors produced by the liver and released from the gallbladder…
Is Gary Brecka’s 10X Health Test Worth It?
Is Gary Brecka’s 10X Genetic Test Worth It?
Gary Brecka’s 10X test looks at five important gene SNPs—MTHFR, MTR, MTRR, COMT, and AHCY. But that’s not enough…
Can I Fix My Methylation Problems through Diet Alone?
Common question: Can methylation issues be fixed with diet alone? Or do you need to take supplements to feel better? Short answer…
What Causes High Niacin Levels?
If you do a Google search on that question, you won’t find too much information out there. You’ll find plenty on the results of consuming too much niacin, but you won’t find very much on the causes because, frankly, no one really knows very much about that.
Can MTHFR cause high blood pressure?
If you’re worried that MTHFR is causing your blood pressure problems, don’t just test yourself for MTHFR, …
One Big MTHFR Mistake
There’s been growing hype around the MTHFR gene ever since Joe Rogan’s podcast with Gary Brecka earlier this year. And understandably so. MTHFR is not only an extremely important gene, it also symbolizes a broader trend in the way we approach health.