California gold folinic acid in tincture 30ml

Folinic acid is a special form of vitamin B9 that is also used in medicine. The World Health Organization added it on the List of essential medicines, as it is one of the very safe and, above all, very effective medicines.

California gold nutrition offers high quality folinic acid in the form of a non-alcoholic tincture, for easy consumption and dosing.

Folinic acid has been used in medicine since 1945. It is also called Leucovorin and is effective against the toxic effects of Methotrexate, which is used for chemotherapy, in various types of arthritis, cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Folinic acid is also used in the treatment of colon cancer and as an antidote for methanol poisoning.

Folinic acid is also effective in folic acid deficiency (B9) and is safe to use during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Folinic acid and folic acid are not the same

Folinic acid is a special form of folic acid that the body does not need to activate with the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase and is thus directly useful in the body. In cases where this enzyme is inactive, folic acid in the body is completely useless and can even harm the body. Folinic acid does not cause these problems.

Folinic acid and methyl folate

Also folinic acid and methyl folate they are not the same. Each has a slightly different function in the body, and although the body can convert them, this conversion is sometimes difficult.

Methyl folate supports methylation. Methyl folate participates in the methylation cycle and must be balanced with methyl cobalamin (B12) to be effective. Methylation is one of the most important metabolic functions of the body in general.

Folinic acid, on the other hand, supports DNA-based protein production. Everything in the body that grows or regenerates in some way must go through DNA production. In this way, folinic acid can e.g. reduce the likelihood of hair loss during chemotherapy or. aid faster recovery after it. Of course, this is just one example.