Liz Earle

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13,205 appearances 46 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Liz Earle’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Age Better with Liz Earle · Testosterone explained: what it does for women in midlife · 21 Sep 2026 podcast

So, yeah, that's something to bear in mind. podcast-host

So, what can cause low ferritin? podcast-host

Um, well, you've got longer perimenopausal periods, so that's an obvious cause. podcast-host

You're losing more blood. podcast-host

You've had several pregnancies, you might have insufficient dietary iron depending on what you're eating. podcast-host

You know, the most available form of iron is red meat. podcast-host

It produces heme iron. podcast-host

Um plant-based eaters obviously have issues sometimes absorbing iron because although you can find iron in plant foods, it's not the heme absorbable form, so you're getting less of it. podcast-host

So I think your GP uh needs to look at your changing periods and review a full blood count here. podcast-host

So looking at things like hemoglobin and other iron markers, not simply treating the podcast-host

Ferritin number. podcast-host

mm, some of your symptoms may come from iron deficiency, but you know, itchy ears and achy joints are not particularly specific to that. podcast-host

Far more likely to be the estrogen issue. podcast-host

So how can you raise your ferritin naturally? podcast-host

Well I've talked about red meat. podcast-host

You can have the dark poultry meat, so for example the leg meat in chicken. podcast-host

Um there is a little bit in lentils and beans and tofu and pumpkin seeds, but obviously you'd need to eat quite a lot of that, um and leafy greens if you pair plant based sources with vitamin C. podcast-host

Or vitamin C rich foods like an orange chopped into a salad, or you know, red peppers, things like that, that's going to help improve absorption. podcast-host

Be aware of the things that lower absorption of iron, so things like tea, coffee, calcium supplements actually will interfere with iron absorption, and even large amounts of dairy can reduce iron absorption. podcast-host

So just be careful when you're timing your foods. podcast-host

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