Re: Folate Deficiency and Burning Feet-Rich/All

[Guest guest]

My guess is that HCl production in gastric juices is low. A number of

minerals and a couple vitamins require acid to work on them in order

for them be to absorbed.

Just because something is supposed to be in the pill does not mean

that if taken, the body will be able to use it. I guess your

experience supports that.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=3\

770372 & dopt=Abstract

http://www.diet-and-health.net/articles.php?cont=hydrochloric%20acid%20HCl

-jim

>

> Hi Rich/All

>

> Funny that you should mention a folate deficiency with my burning

> feet. I did show low for folic acid and then supplemented for 2 years

> with Folacal from Thorne. (this is follinic acid.) I then tested again

> and I was still low!!! That very much surprised me! So then I uped my

> dose to 4 grams of Folacal and 4 grams of just regular folic acid. I

> also added Fola Pro.

>

> I get the feeling I could have a block in system which prevents folic

> acid from being used.

>

> What could cause this??? How can I get around it???

>

> Thank you so much for your help,

>

> Janet

> in San Diego

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Janet.

You may have what's called a " folate trap. " This can be caused by

having genetic variations (polymorphisms or SNPs) in genes that code

for enzymes in the folate metabolism, so that your body is not able

to convert from one form to another very readily. Adding FolaPro

seems like a good idea. Maybe if you get tested again, it will come

out O.K. this time. If FolaPro helps and Folacal did not, I would

suspect a genetic variation in the gene that codes for the enzyme

MTHFR (methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase). Maybe you are

homozygous for an MTHFR polymorphism. I don't recall whether you

are getting the Yasko genetic variations panel, but if so, it would

tell you whether you have a polymorphism there.

>

> Hi Rich/All

>

> Funny that you should mention a folate deficiency with my burning

> feet. I did show low for folic acid and then supplemented for 2

years

> with Folacal from Thorne. (this is follinic acid.) I then tested

again

> and I was still low!!! That very much surprised me! So then I

uped my

> dose to 4 grams of Folacal and 4 grams of just regular folic acid.

I

> also added Fola Pro.

>

> I get the feeling I could have a block in system which prevents

folic

> acid from being used.

>

> What could cause this??? How can I get around it???

>

> Thank you so much for your help,

>

> Janet

> in San Diego

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Janet,

This is just to let you know that burning feet is a specific symptom of my

babesiosis,

though I have a normal folate rate. I know other babesiosed people with burning

feet. This

symptom is improved with anti-paludean meds. Babesiosis makes red blood cells

burst,

has this any relation with a low folate rate (which is an anemia)? I used to

have a

fluctuating iron rate (very high or very low), probably related to babesiosis

too.

Sylvie

(quite sick but hoping what I wrote makes a sense...)