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https://www.fireflyhealthmd.com/blog/2021/8/19/hows-your-mthfr

How's your MTHFR? — FIREFLY HEALTH The MTHFR gene provides information for your body to make an enzyme called methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). This enzyme enables our bodies to use the vitamin folate properly so that our methylation cycle can run. Biochemically, methylation is the process of transferring a methyl group (o

https://www.fireflyhealthmd.com/blog/2021/2/25/autoimmunity

Autoimmunity — FIREFLY HEALTH The immune system’s job is to protect us from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Sometimes, that system gets its signals crossed and we see autoimmune disease--that’s when our immune system perceives our own body as foreign and begins to attack our own cells and organs. Anti...

https://www.fireflyhealthmd.com/blog/2021/1/26/premenstrual-syndrome-pms

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) — FIREFLY HEALTH A woman’s period acts like a monthly report card about the body: when all is well, it might arrive with little fanfare or warning, but when there are imbalances in the body it can come with the dreaded entourage of PMS symptoms like headaches, irritability, food cravings and so on. Oral contracept...

https://www.fireflyhealthmd.com/blog/2020/11/18/small-intestinal-bacterial-overgrowth-sibo

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) — FIREFLY HEALTH Complain about ongoing gut issues like bloating, chronic constipation, diarrhea, or a seemingly unending cycle of gastrointestinal malaise, and after months of poking around without a definitive culprit, you’re likely to be told you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). You may be given medications...