You’ve spent months working with your primary care doctor to uncover the root causes of your symptoms. Each morning, you wake up feeling exhausted. You feel like you’re stuck in a depression slump. Despite being a type A personality and a rockstar in your career, the stress is getting to you.
If you’ve tried the obvious solutions, then undermethylation might be the culprit.
My name is Samantha Gilbert, FNC, CHNP, CNC, and I can help you address undermethylation using functional nutrition. Nutrition is the main way we support our bodies’ processes. Eating well and taking the right undermethylation supplements can transform your health. Ready to start the process? Let’s meet for a free consultation.
Undermethylation (also called histadelia) is a condition that occurs when too few methyl molecules are available to add to enzymes, hormones, and neurotransmitters. When these components don’t function properly, an individual will feel depressed, anxious, and fatigued.
Specifically, the problem relates to low activity at serotonin receptors due to rapid reabsorption after serotonin is released into a synapse in the brain. While other conditions lead to serotonin deficiency, undermethylation is different. It’s actually an inability to keep serotonin in the synapse long enough. Undermethylated individuals also have high blood levels of histamine, another neurotransmitter.
Undermethylators tend to respond well to serotonin-enhancing substances, but trying to increase serotonin doesn’t fix the underlying issue. We need functional nutrition to support the creation of methyl groups.
When you lack methyl groups (a carbon group with three hydrogen atoms), your neurotransmitters and hormones suffer. As a result, you’ll likely experience depressed levels of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine.
Suboptimal levels of these important neurotransmitters cause:
Additionally, schizophrenia was previously seen in our overmethylation population, but we are now seeing quite a few undermethylation cases. According to my personal physician, Dr. Albert Mensah of Mensah Medical, one possible cause could be the liberal use of folic acid before, during, and after pregnancy.
Folic acid decreases the presence of methyl in our DNA. This can be of great benefit to overmethylated individuals but can create significant challenges for those who are undermethylated. Because folic acid is a common component of prenatal vitamins, and because we have no way of knowing the methylation biotype of a fetus while in utero, prolonged use of prenatal vitamins could actually be preselecting undermethylated children for increased risk of developing schizophrenic symptoms at some point in their lives.
Anyone can be undermethylated, but it’s important to understand that we receive our methylation status in utero. Undermethylation is not the same condition as histamine intolerance or Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). Individuals don’t develop undermethylation over time.
However, undermethylation is common among people who share similar traits. For example, I often see high achieving, type A individuals with strong perfectionistic tendencies to be undermethylated. They are calm on the outside with lots of inner tension and, often, severe depression. Undermethylation is also an underlying component of autism.
At Eat for Life, I create custom nutritional therapy plans for each one of my clients. My approach is so much more than “a new diet.” I use food as medicine to address the root causes of your health conditions.
I’ll also recommend targeted supplements that help your body absorb the nutrients it needs. Did you know that many supplements you buy at the store don’t get absorbed into your body? You need to take the highest-quality ingredients in order to get the maximum benefit.
When treating undermethylation, it’s important to consider the following nutritional imbalances:
When you work with me, you’ll receive truly personalized, compassionate care. While undermethylation might be the cause of your issues, we won’t know until we perform the appropriate undermethylation test. At Eat for Life, you won’t be put into a box. Instead, we will look at every possible solution to find the nutritional therapy plan that you need.
To get started, schedule a free discovery call. In the meantime, take my free, five-minute life assessment to find out if undermethylation might apply to you. I look forward to helping you live your most vibrant life!
Methylation is a complex process but eating according to your methylation status doesn’t have to be. My Low Folate Cookbook contains low, high, and moderate folate foods, verified research, meal planning, and delicious low folate recipes to heal undermethylation (too few methyl groups).
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“Samantha is the most knowledgeable nutritionist I’ve worked with and has unique knowledge in the area of copper disorders and methylation. Her advice has helped me immensely in dealing with fibromyalgia and treatment-resistant depression.”
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