
Women's Health
Iron and Women's Health: Deficiency and Ferritin
Why women are at higher risk of iron deficiency, how to read ferritin, heme vs non-heme iron, how vitamin C and coffee affect absorption, and when supplements make sense.
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Why women are at higher risk of iron deficiency, how to read ferritin, heme vs non-heme iron, how vitamin C and coffee affect absorption, and when supplements make sense.

Iron deficiency starts long before anaemia, ferritin drops first and lies during inflammation, and iron taken without testing can do real damage.