Are you Iron Deficient?

Are you tired all the time? You try everything, but you are still exhausted? Well you are most likely suffering from Iron Deficiency. The good news is we can identify it with some major symptoms can it can be reversed in a week. Iron is an essential nutrient, critical for producing hemoglobin, the substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen all over the body. If you don¹t have enough iron, your body has to work a whole lot harder to get the energy it needs, which can leave you feeling tired, weak, irritable and unable to focus. 

Major Warning Signs, and Symptoms:

• Always Feeling Cold
• Substantial Hair Loss and Brittle Nails.
• Fatigued For Over a Month
• Skin Looks Paler than Usual
• Cant Focus

Boost Your Iron Intake Everyday:

• Cook Pasta Sauce in an Iron Skillet- Acidic foods that are high in moisture, like tomato sauce, absorb the most iron from these cooking pans. 
• Eat Vitamin C-Rich Foods With Iron-Rich Veggies-Vitamin C helps to speed up the absorption of iron traveling from your digestive system into your bloodstream up to five times faster for a major energy boost. Foods such as Tomatoes with broccoli, citrus fruits with edamame, and red bell peppers with spinach.
• Clams-Clams provide tons of iron and are also a huge source of vitamin B12, and potassium. Choose fresh or canned, once a week over alternative forms of proteins.

Foods that Help with Iron-Deficiency, and Fight Fatigue:

• Heme iron derived from hemoglobin is found in meat-based protein and absorbs 2-3 times faster than non-heme iron. Lean ground beef, chicken livers, oysters and clams are potent sources of iron in this category.

• Non-heme iron is found in plant-based foods. Beans, spinach, broccoli, dried fruits, such as apricots, and fortified cereals are among the best sources.

Many people think they have been checked for Iron Deficiency at their annual medical exam, but the fact is that if you do not describe a specific symptom that warrants it they will not check for Iron Deficiency. You will need to be given a ferritin blood test that can show low iron levels.