Will the Real Vitamin B9 Please Stand Up?
itamin B9 has many names for similar compounds, which can get confusing. They also are used differently by the body depending on the type. Vitamin B9 can be called folate, methylfolate, folic acid, and other names. However, this may shock you: Folic acid is NOT a vitamin. A vitamin is a “vital amine” meaning you can’t live without it. Folic acid may become a vitamin (folate), but its fate is dependent on your genes and metabolism.
In the case of folate, the true vitamin B9, terminology and form really do matter.
In recent years, quality research is highlighting how synthetic nutrients are never as good as the natural forms of nutrients. The research with synthetic vitamin E was fraught with these issues in the 90’s.
Now we are seeing issues with folic acid, the synthetic form of folate. There is no such thing as natural folic acid: it is made in a factory.
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