What’s All the MTHFR Hype About? Fad or a Longevity Game-Changer?

Frustrated by unexplained fatigue, brain fog, or stubborn health issues? The answer might lie in your genes—specifically, your MTHFR gene. Despite its humorous acronym, this crucial enzyme affects how 40% of people process essential nutrients, handle stress, and recover from demanding activities.

MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) is responsible for converting folate into its active form that your body can actually use. When functioning properly, this process supports detoxification, mood regulation through neurotransmitter production, heart health, DNA repair, and inflammation control. But genetic variations can disrupt this system, potentially explaining why some people struggle with chronic fatigue, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, slow recovery, and increased inflammation despite following conventional health advice.

What makes this so revolutionary isn't just the discovery of MTHFR's importance, but our newfound ability to test for it affordably and act on that knowledge with precision. Through simple at-home testing, you can now discover not only your MTHFR status but your complete epigenetic profile—revealing your biological age versus chronological age and identifying specific pathways for optimization. This means you can stop guessing and start knowing exactly what supplements work for your genetic makeup, how to modify your diet and exercise for optimal results, and how to support long-term health based on your unique biology.

For high-performers pushing boundaries in business, fitness, or competitive fields, understanding MTHFR isn't just another health trend—it's potentially the missing multiplier that transforms good performance into exceptional results. Your genes aren't your destiny; they're your roadmap to personalized optimization. Ready to make your biology your unfair advantage? Subscribe now and discover how to leverage your genetic uniqueness for breakthrough performance and longevity.

Chapters

• 0:00 MTHFR: The Hidden Wellness Key
• 2:09 Understanding MTHFR and Its Functions
• 4:19 Testing for MTHFR Gene Mutations
• 7:22 Epigenetics and Biological Age
• 9:08 Making Biology Your Unfair Advantage

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Perhaps you've heard people joke about having the mother effer gene, maybe even laughed along. Well, it sounds funny, right, but behind the acronym MTHFR is a serious clue, one that might just unlock the next level of your wellness, performance and longevity. I'll never forget when a client told me Jeff, do you think it's possible? I've got this gene mutation. That explains my anxiety, my energy crashes and why coffee sends me to the moon. He thought it was a fluke until we dug into his DNA age test and, sure enough, mthfr mutation. And it wasn't just affecting his mood, it was impacting how his body processed B vitamins, removed toxins and recovered from workouts and his demanding occupation in motorsports. This is more than just hype. It's personalized biology and it might be the missing link in your high performance protocol. So stay tuned.

Speaker 1: 1:05

Hello, I'm Jeffrey Mort. If you're like most entrepreneurs, you're busy taking care of business, yet who's taking care of you? If you're ready to take your energy and performance to the next level in your life and your business, then this podcast is for you, because today you're going to start breaking boundaries of your mind, body and business with integrative health, and when you do that, your possibilities are limitless. I'm grateful you're here. Yes, always grateful for you joining me on the Breaking Boundaries podcast. Make sure that you stay till the end to learn how to optimize for your high-performance health now in your longevity, down the road. Today, my friends, today you're about to discover something truly revolutionary in high-performance health.

Speaker 1: 1:54

Yes, it's the latest buzzword, but what exactly is MTHFR really? Well, mthfr stands for methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase. Yeah, I know, it's a mouthful, that's why we say MTHFR. But what is it? Well, it's actually an enzyme. It's an enzyme that helps your body convert folate which is more commonly known as vitamin B9, into its active form, methylfolate. This active folate is critical for things like detoxifying harmful environmental substances or even internal toxins, producing good mood neurotransmitters. I'm talking about neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine. It also helps to regulate homocysteine levels. What does that mean? Well, think, heart and brain health. And then it also assists DNA repair and replication. Right, your body is a process and that DNA needs to be repaired and it replicates in order for you not to have issues down the road. And then it also helps in reducing inflammation. You may know inflammation, known as the silent killer. Well, that is absolutely true. And, additionally, the truth is, if you've got a variation or mutation in the MTHFR gene. Your body might not be doing these things efficiently, which can lead to symptoms like chronic fatigue, brain fog, hormonal imbalances, anxiety or depression, trouble detoxing from things like alcohol or medications, medications and especially environmental toxins or increased inflammation or even cardiovascular risk.

Speaker 1: 3:48

Now that I named some of those things, you know, I'm not claiming to be able to treat, diagnose or cure any of these diseases, but this translates to if you're pushing hard in business, in fitness or in racing and your body is not keeping up, this might be the reason why. Now you might be wondering, jeff, is this just another fad, the latest craze in health, or is it a scam? Is it a fad? Well, let's clear something up. Or, you know, is it a scam? Is it a fad? Well, let's clear something up.

Speaker 1: 4:22

Mthfr is not a trend. It's a genetic reality for up to 40% of people in some populations. So what's changed is our ability to test for it affordably and to take proactive, targeted steps based on that knowledge. This isn't about fear. It's about precision, because when you know how your body works at the genetic level, you can do things like choose the right supplements I'm talking about methylated B vitamins instead of synthetic folic acid in things like energy drinks or in the most common multivitamins. You can do things like modify your diet and your exercise routines to fit your genetic and epigenetic profile. You can optimize your training recovery, you can support long-term health and, especially, mental clarity. It's the difference between guessing and knowing. So you might be wondering how do you find out if you have it? Well, you can actually find out through a simple at-home finger prick blood test called MyDNH, and it's available through our practice and it not only checks your MTHFR status but it also gives you a full epigenetic profile.

Speaker 1: 5:43

Epigenetics are above your genetics. There's genetics which cannot change, like you cannot change your genetic profile. You know if you have a condition, a medical condition, today, but you didn't have it 20 years ago, you know it doesn't mean that you're um, you know you have the same genes as 20 years ago. So why do you have that today? And it's because some genes were up regulated or down regulated, and this is what's called epigenetics. So your environment controls your epigenetics and those are changeable.

Speaker 1: 6:21

So what does this all mean? It means that we can actually now see biological versus chronological age through this amazing test that can be done right at home. Like I said, just a simple finger prick. You fill up a small vial of blood, just from a simple finger prick with a lancet and you can see. This is called the Horath clock. This is a technology developed by Dr Horath and it compares your biological age to your chronological age. And, yes, we can actually slow down, stop and reverse aging Biologically. Of course, there's not much I can do about the amount of rotations that you're on this earth around the sun, meaning your chronological age. However, your biological age. There's certainly things that we can do to slow that rate of aging down.

Speaker 1: 7:12

This comes down to things like oxidative stress and so many other factors, including inflammation markers, your immunity, your detoxification potential, your risk for cardiovascular disease, your risk for cognitive decline. This plays a huge role. Epigenetics plays a huge role in your susceptibility to things like alzheimer's and dementia and how your current lifestyle is aging your body. All from one drop of blood you'll get a full report of over 100 biomarkers, a 60-minute one-on-one lab consultation with myself or one of my coaches and a personalized, high-performance wellness plan to support things like longevity, recovery, energy and mental clarity. So what's the real cost of not knowing? Well, let's be honest. Just a few hundred dollars for your personal genetic profile and a proven plan is priceless compared to the cost of things like burnout or recovery that takes you out of work, be slowing you down, or thousands of dollars spent on mystery protocols that just simply don't work or, even worse, chronic disease that could have been prevented with early intervention.

Speaker 1: 8:38

Because your health is not just a line item, it is your multiplier In high stakes, business and high performance living. Your biology is your edge. So if you're the kind of person who's tired of guessing, if you're sick of feeling off but not getting answers, this is your wake-up call. You can order your DNA age test with us today and start making your biology your unfair advantage. And hey, if you do happen to have that mother effer gene, you're in good company, because we'll make sure that it works for you and not against you. Because your genes are not your destiny, they are your roadmap. And when you understand that roadmap, longevity, vitality and high performance are yours to own. Make sure you subscribe to the program and share it with somebody who needs this. And remember you are not broken. You are biologically unique. Let's build your strategy around you. Until next time, stay optimized, stay curious and keep breaking boundaries. Bye-bye everybody.