Leucovorin – What is it? Who is it for? How we use it?

Introduction to Leukovorin and Autism 0:00

If you have a child with autism, or if someone in your family is on the autism spectrum, there's been a lot of information in the news lately about Leukovorin. Here at Hope for Healing, I've been using Leukevorin for almost 10 years when I opened the practice. Genetically, Leukoburin converts to something called five-methyltetrahydrofolate. There are certain people that have certain enzymes that their body doesn't take folinic acid or leukovorin and convert it to five methyl tetra hydrofolic

How Leukovorin Works in the Body 0:31

very well. So if you have partnered with us, I'm going to ask you to reach out to the person who interpreted your child's genetics. It's either Catherine or Zach. It could have been me from years ago. And we will tell you if based on your child's genetics, if Lugovarin is the best way to provide biomethyltetrahydrofolate to your body. So if you have MTHFR, methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency, but it's Mthfr-677 in your homozygous, meaning both genes are abnormal.

Genetic Factors That Affect Folinic Acid Processing 1:24

You have a 70% reduction of being able to methylate something in you body. However, individuals who are homosigous don't tend to process baleinic acid very well. I don t know why that is. Additionally, if you have MTHFS, another enzyme in the methylation pathway, you don't tend to process folinic acid or lucavurin very well either. Lucavirin is available by prescription, but if you are taking methylfolate pro, methyl folate plus by neurobiologics, look at the label. There's 2000 micrograms of folanic acid in it, there's also 7,700 and 70 micrograms of five-methyl tetrahydrofolic.

So we look at your genes to determine if lukewarm is a good fit for you.

When Leukovorin May Be Considered 2:25

It is prescription, and it varies by how much you offer, or it it various by your age and your weight is and how terrible your methylation is. But you don't use it unless you've already put the fire out by addressing inflammation, autophagy, getting glucose into the cells, cleaning the cell out, and detoxification, clearing the entire body out. So the intelligence sequence is imperative. Lugavorin will not cure autism.

Leukovorin as a Supportive Tool, Not a Cure 3:04

It's a tool that can help the body function better so that your child or you may start to lose all the symptoms that are used on an autism questionnaire that gave you the diagnosis of autism.