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Does this happen with Jasmine rice?

If no: check for MTHFR gene mutation.

American rice is often washed in folic acid - don’t ask me why - and that’s toxic to MTHFR mutated individuals.



The folic acid helps prevent certain complications early on in pregnancy.


As long as you, or your child, aren't one of the 60%+ of people who can't properly break it down.

In that case, all of the "enriched" bread, folic acid, certain forms of vitamin B, will be difficult to process (often causing problems).

https://www.mygenefood.com/blog/mthfr-and-folic-acid-build-u...

Folate, folinic acid: those are safe to take, and pass through, for the entire population.


If you’re going to go so far as downvote, at least acknowledge the fact that it’s a debated topic in the field, and that you disagree with the new findings because [].




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