We recently connected with Ricardo Miranda and have shared our conversation below.

Ricardo, appreciate you joining us today. Was there a moment in your career that meaningfully altered your trajectory? If so, we’d love to hear the backstory.

Since I was a kid, I have been practicing Kung-Fu and Martial Arts. I was amazed with the power of Qi and what you could do by internalizing this tremendous power to heal your body. That’s what led me to Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, which I have been practicing for almost 30 years. This ancient medicine is created five thousand years ago. Over the past centuries, it kept the Emperors and royals of China vital, vigorous, fertile and living a very long, health life. They even discovered our DNA points called “extraordinary meridians” and they came up with many ancient longevity herbal formulas and tonics. I was always mesmerized with their extensive longevity work. About 10 years ago, I attended a lecture on epigenetics and the whole theory on how our DNA is not our destiny. That was a very exciting path that I discovered and made me realize that we could control the expressions of our genes. I dove into the research of how to control our own destiny. I discovered the MTHFR gene and have researched it in great depth, how MTHFR genetic mutations influence our health and the expressions of disease genes that we inherit from our parents/grandparents. It has been over 30 years now and I still have the same curiosity and excitement to explore more the mystery of our body.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

As I just mentioned above, I started my journey as a healer with Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. Because of background in sports, first I was mostly in Sports Medicine. I trained in acupuncture orthopedics and specialized in treating acute and chronic pain without any medication. I learned how you could take the severe pain within seconds, using Master Tung’s methods. In my thirty years of hands-on clinical experience, helping a wide variety of patient conditions and resolving their health problems, I had to update myself constantly and research more to help my patients. Especially the with the rise of fertility issues, Down Syndrome, autism, ADHD, unresolved   autoimmunity issues (sadly I have a long list to go), it forced me to explore outside of Chinese Medicine. I had to develop a unique approach combining Functional Medicine, Genetics, Epigenetics, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Nutrition and Integrative Medicine diagnostics. 10 years ago, when I asked my patients to run some blood work and find out about their MTHFR, their doctors’ offices started to call my clinic and ask us what MTHFR was. That was mind blowing to see patients on psychiatric medications prescribed without being checked about their methylation, or pregnant women taking Folic Acid without any prior investigation about MTHFR mutations. Feeling their frustration in my office every single day, made me one of the top researchers in the field of MTHFR genetic mutations because the direct link between MTHFR genetic mutations and many health issues were so obvious.

There were two big problems at that time. Patients had to convince their doctor to get tested for MTHFR and their doctors had to make time to educate themselves about MTHFR and methylation. That’s why I created www.MTHFRdoctors.com . We developed at-home MTHFR gene testing kits. People can order the test without any doctor prescription, it’s non-invasive, a very simple cheek swab testing. It is so convenient and easy, especially for kids and babies. We also offer wellness coaching sessions via Zoom for people from all around the world. We are able to guide people with these genetic mutations on their journey to regain their health. My extensive research in the MTHFR area and 30 years of the understanding of multiple disciplines enables me to coach doctors from all over the country on how to treat patients with MTHFR mutations and methylation issues. I truly believe that educating and empowering people to take control of their own health is one of the most important gifts you can give to your patients. The more knowledge people have, the better are the decisions they make about their own health. That’s my passion and that is my motivation. Today MTHFRdoctors.com is one of the leading websites in the field of MTHFR with the biggest research database on MTHFR related studies available.

What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?

On the first day of Chinese Medicine College, the Dean of the college told something that made an impact in my career. “If you focus on helping people, you will make a good living, but if you focus only on making money you won’t be able to help many people”. I believe that in the health field this is so important. The main purpose for anyone to go into any of the health-related fields should always be to help others. The most satisfying reward that a health practitioner can receive is the satisfaction to know that they have cured someone, or they were at least an important factor of getting someone well. I believe that is perhaps the most important factor for my success. As I pivoted my business in the MTHFR and genetics field, my purposed has remained the same, to help others on their quest to better their health. Also, not as a strategy per say but my nature perhaps, all my life I never settled with what I had and always strived for better. With my patients, I always pushed them to think of improving their health and body. I believe that changing my patients’ mindset in health make them a better health advocate for their own body.

If you could go back in time, do you think you would have chosen a different profession or specialty?

Absolutely no. In any profession, we have the opportunity to help others, but I believe that the medical field provides for a greater opportunity to make a deeper impact in someone’s most valuable asset, their health! With MTHFR and genetics, this is no different. Most doctors are not familiar with MTHFR and many that are familiar, don’t have a deep understanding about MTHFR and its correlations with methylation and numerous health conditions. I am fortunate that I have devoted so much time researching and studying about MTHFR that I can now help patients on their quest to better health, and coach doctors from all over the country on MTHFR and methylation. That is my contribution and give back to society as health brings happiness and peace in our world.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.MTHFRdoctors.com
• Instagram: mthfrdoctors.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MTHFRdoctors
• Linkedin: MTHFR Doctors, LLC