Christa's MTHFR Story - Amazing Son Helps Her Son Beat His Developmental Delay
Sun Jan 18 2026
Christa generously shares the story of how discovering MTHFR and detoxifying completely changed the trajectory of her son's life, and their family's attention to nutrition. Christa's son struggled with communication, attention, memory, sensory issues, and what was diagnosed as developmental delay. Thanks to Christa's hard work with eliminating folic acid and using detoxification support, including zeolites, her son is now thriving.00:00 - Introduction and meet Christa00:49 - Christa's son's struggles - communication, sensitivity, and developmental delay01:39 - The day we knew things weren't normal02:00 - Mom says "This is on me."02:31 - Finding out about MTHFR03:11 - Starting to detox03:29 - Three weeks of no folic acid and zeolites and he was a different kid.03:55 - MTHFR testing comes back positive04:19 - "I've been poisoning my son with fortified foods his whole life"04:40 - He's not struggling, but he's not thriving yet05:35 - I wish every mom knew about this07:02 - No more special needs or developmental delay.08:04 - The ability to express himself08:45 - Getting folic acid out of the way09:31 - Why babies should be tested for MTHFR10:12 - The complicated case of fortified food10:40 - Raising awareness to help other parents11:09 - Making changes for Max has helped the whole householdThanks so much for watching! I have so many other resources for you. Here is the full length version of this interview: https://youtu.be/FVbXxD9WVoQIf you would like to tell your own MTHFR story, you can schedule with Dr. Amy here: https://calendly.com/amy-tohealthwiththat/new-meetingCheck out the website first for lots of FREE stuff:WEBSITE: https://tohealthwiththat.com/ Order Dr. Amy's book MTHFR Easy: Get Healthy For Life: https://amzn.to/47tT31YPaperback and audiobook versions are coming soon.This story was shared graciously and generously with permission to post on the podcast, Youtube, and in print if that happens in the future.
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Christa generously shares the story of how discovering MTHFR and detoxifying completely changed the trajectory of her son's life, and their family's attention to nutrition. Christa's son struggled with communication, attention, memory, sensory issues, and what was diagnosed as developmental delay. Thanks to Christa's hard work with eliminating folic acid and using detoxification support, including zeolites, her son is now thriving.00:00 - Introduction and meet Christa00:49 - Christa's son's struggles - communication, sensitivity, and developmental delay01:39 - The day we knew things weren't normal02:00 - Mom says "This is on me."02:31 - Finding out about MTHFR03:11 - Starting to detox03:29 - Three weeks of no folic acid and zeolites and he was a different kid.03:55 - MTHFR testing comes back positive04:19 - "I've been poisoning my son with fortified foods his whole life"04:40 - He's not struggling, but he's not thriving yet05:35 - I wish every mom knew about this07:02 - No more special needs or developmental delay.08:04 - The ability to express himself08:45 - Getting folic acid out of the way09:31 - Why babies should be tested for MTHFR10:12 - The complicated case of fortified food10:40 - Raising awareness to help other parents11:09 - Making changes for Max has helped the whole householdThanks so much for watching! I have so many other resources for you. Here is the full length version of this interview: https://youtu.be/FVbXxD9WVoQIf you would like to tell your own MTHFR story, you can schedule with Dr. Amy here: https://calendly.com/amy-tohealthwiththat/new-meetingCheck out the website first for lots of FREE stuff:WEBSITE: https://tohealthwiththat.com/ Order Dr. Amy's book MTHFR Easy: Get Healthy For Life: https://amzn.to/47tT31YPaperback and audiobook versions are coming soon.This story was shared graciously and generously with permission to post on the podcast, Youtube, and in print if that happens in the future.