Iron Deficiency

What’s not top of mind for many people is that a number of familiar daily struggles are classic signs of iron deficiency. Persistent fatigue, restless sleep, anxious moods, palpitations, brain fog, heavy periods, hair loss, joint aches and mood swings — which we tend to normalise as just part of being human in the modern […]

A 35-year-old woman visited the clinic. She had been suffering with low energy for some time, and the symptoms were getting worse. Her GP had recommended an iron supplement that she bought from the pharmacy. She had been taking this for some time with little improvement and it made her very constipated, as many iron […]

It’s quite common to feel tired and rundown—so is it possible to have an iron deficiency and not even know it? Madeline Calfas, RN and Nat. Nutritionist, tells us more.

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