Dr. Stacy Sims

It's not something that everyone needs to take. It's something that we have to consider when we start getting into our late 30s, early 40s. Maybe get a blood test for it, see how your omega-3 levels are, and then consider dosing with a really good fish oil.

It's not something that everyone needs to take. It's something that we have to consider when we start getting into our late 30s, early 40s. Maybe get a blood test for it, see how your omega-3 levels are, and then consider dosing with a really good fish oil.

This is common. And we see that there's the incidence of... A change in the norms when we're looking at the reference ranges. And I find it really interesting that the reference ranges that we have for all of our blood markers are shifting to a sicker population.

This is common. And we see that there's the incidence of... A change in the norms when we're looking at the reference ranges. And I find it really interesting that the reference ranges that we have for all of our blood markers are shifting to a sicker population.

So if we're looking at the bell curve and we're taking population data, overall our society has become sicker. So now we're seeing that the norms for iron used to be a ferritin of 50 or lower was considered low ferritin. Now it's 26 for women. We look at testosterone. Lower testosterone now for men is normal. And it is because that is just what a sedentary population now presents.

So if we're looking at the bell curve and we're taking population data, overall our society has become sicker. So now we're seeing that the norms for iron used to be a ferritin of 50 or lower was considered low ferritin. Now it's 26 for women. We look at testosterone. Lower testosterone now for men is normal. And it is because that is just what a sedentary population now presents.

but if someone is active and comes to me and says, you know, I had my iron tested and it's sitting at 26 and they say that it's normal, but I feel awful. It's like, that is not normal. If you were part of my high performance athletic crew, we want to see minimum 50, preferably a hundred. So we have to supplement you to bring it up.

but if someone is active and comes to me and says, you know, I had my iron tested and it's sitting at 26 and they say that it's normal, but I feel awful. It's like, that is not normal. If you were part of my high performance athletic crew, we want to see minimum 50, preferably a hundred. So we have to supplement you to bring it up.

And it's a really specific area of how we supplement and supplementing every other day with a very high bioavailable iron. And again, when we start looking at how we are supplementing every other day with either a carbonyl or a glyconate, then we're really able to boost that ferritin and people start to feel better.

And it's a really specific area of how we supplement and supplementing every other day with a very high bioavailable iron. And again, when we start looking at how we are supplementing every other day with either a carbonyl or a glyconate, then we're really able to boost that ferritin and people start to feel better.

So iron is responsible for those heme groups that I was talking about with oxygen carrying capacity.

So iron is responsible for those heme groups that I was talking about with oxygen carrying capacity.

Yeah, they're blood cells. So iron is responsible for allowing those heme groups to carry oxygen. If we have low iron, then we don't have enough oxygen circulating throughout the body or being used by the body. So you feel very flat, very tired. You start to get really dark circles under your eyes. Yeah. It's a mission to do anything. So it's like a dead end fatigue.

Yeah, they're blood cells. So iron is responsible for allowing those heme groups to carry oxygen. If we have low iron, then we don't have enough oxygen circulating throughout the body or being used by the body. So you feel very flat, very tired. You start to get really dark circles under your eyes. Yeah. It's a mission to do anything. So it's like a dead end fatigue.

And people are like this, this isn't stress oriented fatigue or jet lag oriented fatigue. This is fatigue where I can't even walk up the stairs without getting winded.

And people are like this, this isn't stress oriented fatigue or jet lag oriented fatigue. This is fatigue where I can't even walk up the stairs without getting winded.

So primarily red meat is where a lot of people turn to. But if you are more plant-based, then we look at leafy greens, we look at nuts and seeds, but using a lot of vitamin C with that. Preferably adding a little bit of olive oil on our salads. Maybe cooking in an iron skillet to improve the amount of iron that comes into the food.

So primarily red meat is where a lot of people turn to. But if you are more plant-based, then we look at leafy greens, we look at nuts and seeds, but using a lot of vitamin C with that. Preferably adding a little bit of olive oil on our salads. Maybe cooking in an iron skillet to improve the amount of iron that comes into the food.

And we also know that we have to time it with what we call hepcidin or hepcidin, depending on where you come from in the world. It's an enzyme that decreases the body's availability of iron absorption. It increases with inflammation. So it's higher after training. for about five hours in men and in reproductive women.

And we also know that we have to time it with what we call hepcidin or hepcidin, depending on where you come from in the world. It's an enzyme that decreases the body's availability of iron absorption. It increases with inflammation. So it's higher after training. for about five hours in men and in reproductive women.