Episode Details

What if something else is getting to your iron before you do?

This week, Dr. Heather picks up where last week's episode left off. She explains why your iron panel works like a balance sheet: it can show you what's in the account, but it can't always show you who's spending it. Then she walks through the three hidden suspects she looks for first when a client's ferritin refuses to budge. One of them is among the most common infections in the world, and most people who have it never know. They can all go unnoticed for years, and none of them show up on a standard iron panel.

You'll learn:

• Why "absorption is the problem" is a correct conclusion that still leaves most women stuck
• The three suspects that can quietly drain your iron, and the clues that point to each one
• Why your body sometimes hides iron from you on purpose
• Why treating off a symptom list can make things worse, and what order of testing makes sense instead

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