Seal of Approval for Supplement with Folate
25 Oct 2016 --- The importance of the consumption of folate to support the body's well-being is now widely recognized and folate definitely represents one of the most common nutritional ingredients used during all stages of life.
Recently ConsumerLab published a new report title "B Vitamin Supplements and Energy Drinks (Including B Complexes, Niacin, B-6, B-12, Biotin, Thiamin, and Folate)" where several finished dietary supplements, commercialized in the US market and containing the (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) - the biological active form of folate - or folic acid, have been tested.
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The report mentions the rational use of reduced folate and describes why they are suggested for people with a gene polymorphism of the enzyme MTHFR (methyltetrahydrofolate reductase) that drives to an impairment in the metabolization of folic acid from food or supplements.
The report highlights the results for products containing one or more B vitamins. Supplements with the vitamin B9 (folate) were stand alone or in combination with other ingredients. Among these, all those formulated with the biologically active reduced folate 5-MTHF contain Gnosis ingredients, and 66% of these counts the glucosamine salt Quatrefolic. All supplements with Gnosis' ingredients passed the ConsumerLab tests.
