Posted by 2nd xylophone on December 12, 2009, at 18:55:11
In reply to How do I increase my ferritin levels?, posted by Deneb on December 12, 2009, at 17:29:37
> OK, I know this belongs in Health, but Health is deserted right now. Maybe we can re-direct to Health later.
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> OK, so I got my blood test results back and absolutely everything is normal, even vitamin D, which is great because it was low before but then I started taking vitamin D supplements.
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> I got a copy of the results and noticed that my ferritin is 62 and normal is 80 to 300. Now my doctor didn't tell me anything was low or anything, but I know from researching hair loss that under 70 ferritin levels will cause excessive hair loss in some people.
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> I want to increase my ferritin to 100-200. What are some ways to do this?
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> I'm currently taking a multivitamin with some iron. I drink a glass of orange juice with my multivitamin to increase iron absorption.
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> Should I also add a couple spoonfuls of blackstrap molasses?You could try that. How much IUs of Vit D do you take, btw?
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