Folate is the key that unlocks your energy is so many areas. It supports a system known as methylation which does many things such as
Reduce allergies
Makes your mind more flexible
Helps in making creatine, which in turn helps with depression, digestion,eyesight and skin
Clears homocysteine
Boosts the levels of choline
Helps with histamine metabolism
Folate also prevents anemia, which keeps us feeling energized
It is quite difficult to say how much folate we need, since all the B-Vitamins, magnesium, zinc and potassium play a role into the methylation process. The official RDA however is 400mg
How to get the folate you need
Folate is abundant in the three “L”
Liver
Legumes
Leafy greens
In specific at the top of the list is
Liver but you should only eat it once or twice in a week
2 servings of Chickpeas
2 servings of Leaks, spinash, brocolli
Tips
Folate is stable-ish during cooking but you will need to eat more when cooking. Vegetables should be fresh!
Folate is lost during rinsing of veggies. It’s the cut surfaces that lose folate, so always rinse before you cut not after.
Pastured raised chicken eggs have many times more folate.
Note that usually flour is enriched with folate, so if you are in the process of reducing wheat you need to be aware of not becoming deficient.
Thing to avoid
Avoid Folic Acid
Avoid alcohol and smoking
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