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What is a good way to get supplementary folate with malabsobition issues tables not much good. Any advice.

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Folate is almost always well absorbed in tablets (absorption is much simpler than B12). There are also folate sublinguals available (with or without B12).

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For the vast majority of the population folic acid tablets are the best. Tesco do a nice cheap one.

Folate is a fairly small, water soluble, molecule - so it doesn't get affected by the normal absorption problems. In that regard folic acid is better than methylfolate as it has a higher bioavailability (more of what you swallow gets into the blood).

A small minority might find they get better results from methylfolate - but it's more expensive and more difficult to get.

What are your folate levels?

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