The Myth of Anemia: A Tale of Copper Deficiency
Certain nutrients play key roles in the absorption of iron and being anemic does not automatically mean that you’re iron deficient, you are more than likely deficient in copper.
Iron Toxicity
Growing up and well into my early twenties I was under the guise that I was suffering from “anemia” but there was nothing I could do to make it go away. I was still continuously experiencing the same symptoms I had since I was a teen: dizzy spells, feeling faint and chronically fatigued.
Then one day when I was 22, I fainted at work, not only was my blood sugar extremely low but my “anemia” was showing it’s face again. I knew I wanted to have children soon and in order to have a healthy pregnancy, this couldn’t be happening anymore.
It turns out that we cannot simply supplement iron and expect this to fix our anemic state. There are many other processes that play a significant role in the proper absorption and utilization of iron.
If we're going to address our anemic state, we first need to address our utilization of iron itself. Certain nutrients play key roles in the absorption of iron and I could be taking all the iron supplements that I wanted but if my body didn’t have the proper nutrients to utilize that iron, it didn’t matter.
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