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You can have iron in your body…
and still feel like you don’t.

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A pattern I see often:

• Ferritin → normal or high
• Iron → low
• Saturation → low

…and the person feels exhausted.

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This happen

🌀Ferritin often gets most of the attention when it comes to iron.

And on its own, this result might not raise immediate concern.

But iron isn’t just about storage.

When we look at the full panel - serum iron, transferrin, transferrin satura

Chronically low iron?

This is where I’d be looking for answers.

Because if your iron keeps dropping -
It’s usually not just about eating enough.

In clinic, I’m often asking:

~ are you losing iron faster than you can replace it?

Homocysteine often flies under the radar in standard bloodwork conversions.

But when I see it elevated alongside fatigue, inflammation, or hormonal shifts, it becomes part of a bigger picture.

It often reflects something about how efficiently you

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