Think I need to remind myself that all of my coffee and tea interferes with any Lactoferrin or iron absorption
Yes, and soy milk. At one point i was drinking coffee in the morning, tea at work, and soy milk with lunch and dinner along with testosterone replacement therapy (exogenous T can deplete iron stores) and ended up with ferritin in the 20s (i.e. anemia). Now I just take a daily heme iron supplement (Proferrin) which is not significantly affected by the above dietary factors, and my ferritin has been in the healthy range ever since.
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I’m getting a bunch of labs done tomorrow.
AI says I most likely am fine and don’t need a recheck, but the tests are cheap, so if it’s wise to check yearly or so, I guess it would be time. ?
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