This week’s episode for me has been the most eye opening and revealing of them all to date having been very personally affected by what we discuss in this episode - iron!
Some of what Dr Dheeraj from The Integrative Medical Centre reveals in this episode is astonishing to say the least with over 30% of the women he treats being low, if not deficient in iron many of whom experience ongoing symptoms for years before realising just how in need they are of this essential nutrient.
To add to that, over 75% of women upon reaching their third trimester are iron deficient too which not only carries risk of course for the mother but also for the child yet to be born too.
Listen to find out what the tell tale signs of iron deficiency are and what to look for on your blood test - chances are, your routine blood test is in fact not testing what it ought to and the safe parameters are not being indicated as suggested by those well versed with iron.
Please let your biggest takeaways from this episode be that:
- run of the mill blood tests are not testing for ferritin; ideally ferritin levels are closer to 100 as we see signs and symptoms once they fall below 80 and a ferritin reading of 30 and below is considered by definition to be anaemic.
If you are yet to be tested for ferritin or if is has been some time since your previous test, please add this to your list of items to address sooner rather than later. The impacts of having healthy ferritin levels are more than worth the exercise of making the time to be tested.
The good people including Dr Dheeraj can be reached using the following:
Website: https://www.theintegrativemedicalcentre.com
Instagram: @theintegrativemedicalcentre
Whatsapp/phone: +65 8399 9768
