Tired, cold, losing hair? And your tests look normal.
And if it were an iron problem that standard blood panels cannot see? Iron drains floor by floor, and anaemia is the last carriage of the train. This section explains, without jargon, how iron works, what blocks it, what feeds it, and how to supplement properly.
Tired, cold, losing hair: could it be iron?
Your blood tests are 'normal', yet you are exhausted. Iron shortage usually shows up long before a standard panel raises a flag.
Read ArticleUnderstanding iron: a treasure the body keeps under lock
Iron carries oxygen, makes energy and feeds the brain. Too little and you fade; too much and it damages. Here is how the body manages that balance.
Read ArticleAll the forms of iron, explained simply
Heme iron, non-heme iron, ferritin, transferrin: four words that come up everywhere, and become obvious with the right image.
Read ArticleIron's cofactors: the key role of copper
You can have enough iron and still be anaemic, often because its partners are missing, starting with copper.
Read ArticleThe best dietary sources of iron
It is not only how much iron a food contains, it is what you eat and drink with it.
Read ArticleIron supplementation: less often, better absorbed
Taking iron every day is not the most effective strategy. Every other day often works better, and is far better tolerated.
ReadIron: test your assumptions
Twelve questions across three levels, a little humour and zero jargon.
When your body silently calls for help
Ferritin, hepcidin, silent inflammation: what standard blood tests do not say.
Iron, a regulation system of remarkable precision
Five levels, twenty questions: absorption, hepcidin, organs, ferroptosis, emerging therapies.
This content is informational and does not replace medical advice.