MTHFR for Beginners
What If Your Genes Aren't Broken - Just Trying to Keep Up?
by Micah Coffey
Your genes aren't broken.
MTHFR is not the cause of your health problems - it's the brake system trying to keep you alive. Your body slows methylation when pushing full speed would overload other systems.
The medical mainstream loves to blame MTHFR because it's convenient. They hand you methylated vitamins, your symptoms ease up temporarily, and you're convinced the gene was the villain all along. But that's like seeing smoke and assuming the smoke detector caused the fire.
What you'll discover.
Chapter 1: The MTHFR Myth
Why 40-60% of people carry MTHFR variants - and why calling it a "mutation" sets the wrong tone.
Chapter 4: The Sludge Beneath the Surface
The estrogen-bile-methylation loop nobody's connecting - and why thick bile traps estrogen in a vicious cycle.
Chapter 5: The Infections Nobody's Treating
Mold, parasites, Lyme, EBV - why chronic infections force your body to downregulate methylation.
Chapter 6: Your Nervous System Is Running the Show
Until you feel safe, your metabolism stays in lockdown. Trauma lives in the body.
Chapter 8: The Magnesium-Iodine Connection
You're not low on methyls - you're starving for spark and structure.
Chapter 10: Light, Rhythm, and the Metabolic Reset
Your circadian biology is the foundation for everything - methylation follows circadian patterns.
The two methylation traps.
Trap 1: Feeling Awful
Some people take methylated B12 or folate and feel awful - anxious, wired, exhausted, even suicidal. They don't connect the dots because methyl supplements are "supposed to help."
Trap 2: Feeling Amazing
Others feel incredible at first - clear-headed, energized, sharp. But they're revving the engine past what their detox systems can clear, stacking oxidative stress while the dashboard light blinks red.
The real fix: rebuild the terrain.
Foundation Layer: Water, magnesium, potassium, sodium. Bitters or bile support. No stimulating supplements yet.
Layer 1 - Drainage: Lymph movement, binders if needed, molybdenum, zinc, selenium to support detox enzyme function.
Layer 2 - Metabolic Spark: Iodine (start slow), copper from food sources, trace minerals.
Layer 3 - Methylation Repair: Low-dose folate/B12 only if needed and only after drainage is open.
You're not fragile. You're powerful.
You're just out of tune with the rhythm you were built for. This book will show you how to get back to life, rebuild the signal, and show MTHFR what you're really capable of when your environment finally supports you.