Common Signs Of A Methylation Issue
What is Methylation? And what are common signs of a patient suffering from a methylation issue?
What Is Methylation?
Methylation is a biochemical process that helps to keep your body healthy and well.
Methylation is necessary to help cells of the body detox, keep the hormones and body in balance. When we are over methylating or under methylating the body struggles with all sorts of health challenges.
“methylation is provided by S-adenosylmethionine or SAMe, called the universal methyl donor. This compound gives methyl groups to substances that need to undergo methylation. So, methylation relies on SAMe, which in turn is reliant on vitamin B and 5-MTHF (the active form of folate called methyl folate)”
Common Methylation Issues
Some of examples of poor methylation ( undermethylation) include allergies, chronic inflammation and chronic pain such as fibromyalgia, fatigue, hormone imbalances, infertility, neurological issues, weight gain, mental health challenges, neurological and memory issues. When the body has a serious methylation issue it will have high levels of folic acid but low levels of other nutrients.
This can lead to a variety of health imbalances; such as lymphatic congestion, chronic infections and chronic inflammation. Serious chronic healing crises to certain types of massage, healing holistic or wellbeing treatments and detox protocols. Such as serious lymph and teeth infections.
7 Common Causes Of Methylation Issues
Diet And Gut Health:
a poor diet such as processed food, manmade and genetically modified food, sugar.
Gut issues are well reputed to be related to methylation dysfunction.
Genetic:
MTHFR is a genetic variant or SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) that can have significant consequences on health
Hormone Issues:
hormone issues can be both a cause and contributor for example certain drugs or herbs that influence the hormones can impact your ability to methylate properly.
Lifestyle:
an unhealthy lifestyle that is unbalanced can contribute to further imbalances in the body.
Lack of sleep:
poor quality sleep can seriously impact the hormones and upset the natural circadian cycles that are an important part of detoxification.
Stress:
stress puts a lot of pressure on our hormones, organs, glands, brain and nervous system.
Toxins:
Toxins such as caffeine, drugs and over medication, heavy metals, toxins, stimulants, sugar increase the risk of methylation difficulties.
Top Tips To Improve Methylation
How to boost the methylation process naturally by supporting methylation pathways in the liver .
Clean Diet:
Eat a clean diet and improve gut health, eliminate sugar, processed foods, fungi and yeast from diet. Add methyl folate-rich foods in your diet such as citrus foods, leafy greens, avocados.
Dry Brushing:
Dry brushing is a technique that involves using bristle brush to improves blood flow and lymphatic flow.
Mould Remove:
Clean any mould from your home or move to a more healthier mould-free environment.
Healthy Exercise:
Regular exercise has been shown to improve methylation ” it has been shown that 6-month of vigorous training including one session of 1 h spinning and two sessions of 1-h aerobics resulted in increased methylation in adipose tissue in response to exercise in sedentary middle-age men (Rönn et al., 2013). ”
Infrared Sauna:
Infrared saunas can helps support methylation and improve immune system in many cases.
Lymphatic Massage:
Lymphatic massage is often more safer for clients with serious methylation issues. As the healing crisis can be overwhelming in other types of massage. Find a fully qualified lymphatic practitioner to support you.
Manage Your Stress:
Remove unnecessary stressors, learn how to manage your anxiety and stress e.g. meditation, mindfulness, relaxation therapy and other stress management techniques.
Vitamins:
Certain supplements and vitamins such as B6 and B12 can often support a methylation issue. But equally using unnecessary or the wrong supplements can lead to further methylation problems so always get tested by a private extensive lab to see what you nutritionally need. Than waste money on supplements you don’t need or those that will cause you more harm.
Stay Hydrated:
It is important to drink plenty of fresh water, to support natural detoxification, harmony and balance in the body.
