Sign In to YourRunning
Email Prefs
You can opt-out at any time. More information about our privacy practices is in our privacy policy. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
We never share your data with sponsors and partners, but from time to time we may send you promotional offers that they give to us. You can opt-out at any time. More information about our privacy practices is in our privacy policy. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
Get the world's best running newsletter!

Iron and red blood cells

http://www.yourrunning.com/blog-still_running_on_low_iron

OK... my serum ferritin has actually gone DOWN a tad, from 35 to 33, according to my latest blood test.

This is weird, considering that a) I am mainlining iron supplements of several different types and b) I'm responding to training so much better.

Dr Fran's current theory is that my body was desperate for new blood and has GRABBED all the new iron I've been putting in and used it to make loads more red blood cells. It cost $60 just to get serum ferritin tested, so this time I did not get a complete blood count. Darn it. If I had, we'd have known for sure whether I had more oxygen-carrying blood cells on duty or not.

Tags:

Get our Newsletter!

Enter your email address here

Your name (optional)

Note:We hate spam, too, so we never rent or sell addresses.