Info: 60 Tablets
This particular type of folic acid (5-MTHF) is an active form the body can easily recognize and use right away. It's also formulated with the premium bioactive forms of vitamins B6 and B12, which work with it in many metabolic functions.
Info: 60 Tablets
This particular type of folic acid (5-MTHF) is an active form the body can easily recognize and use right away. It's also formulated with the premium bioactive forms of vitamins B6 and B12, which work with it in many metabolic functions.
Product Notes:
What is Active Folic Acid?
Active folic acid means it's available in an immediately useful form; the body doesn't have to convert it first (with an enzyme whose function is impaired is some people with genetic differences).
B Vitamins / Folate
Vitamins B6 and B12 help control the blood levels of homocysteine, a by-product of protein metabolism which has been associated with reduced blood flow to the brain, depression, and cognitive decline.
Vitamin B9, also known as Folate (if naturally in food) or Folic Acid (if a supplement or a food additive), has many functions in the body, including helping convert foods into glucose to produce energy; helping the brain and nervous system function properly; and especially helping the production of our genetic material, DNA and RNA – which is why pregnant women and those planning to conceive are advised to take it.
Folate is water soluble, so we do not store it but have to continue to take it in, and some populations are more likely to be deficient in it even if it is in their foods (including alcoholics, celiacs, those with inflammatory bowel disease, and those on certain medications).
Deficiencies in Folate or Folic Acid have been associated not only with some serious birth defects (particularly neural tube defects) at the start of life, but also with depression and cognitive decline later on in life, where supplementation may also help prevent problems (or at least their severity).
Naming Notes: This New Roots Herbal product was previously marketed as "Active Folic Acid". The compound l-5-methyltetrahydrofolate is sometimes referred to as active folate, methyl folate, and 5-MTHF.
Related: Also see NOW Foods Methyl Folate and AOR MaxMethyl.
Active Folate Ingredients:
Each tablet contains:
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxal-5′‑phosphate): 2 mg
Folate (from calcium L-5 methyltetrahydrofolate): 1 mg
Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin): 2.8 mcg
Non-medicinal ingredients: Microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, vegetable magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, and vegetable stearic acid.
New Roots Active Folic Acid contains no: gluten, soy, wheat, corn, eggs, dairy, yeast, citrus, preservatives, artificial flavour or colour, starch, or sugar.
Suggested Usage:
Adults: Take 1 tablet daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner. If you are taking other medications, take this product a few hours before or after them.
Warnings:
Keep out of reach of children.
Health Canada Natural Product Number: 80070154.
Supporting Science:
Fohr, Iris P et al. “5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype determines the plasma homocysteine-lowering effect of supplementation with 5-methyltetrahydrofolate or folic acid in healthy young women.” The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021.
Prinz-Langenohl, R et al. “[6S]-5-methyltetrahydrofolate increases plasma folate more effectively than folic acid in women with the homozygous or wild-type 677C-->T polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase.” British Journal of Pharmacology, 2009.