What to take for persistently low ferretin levels?

[Guest guest]

I was just wondering if anyone could please advise on what to take in order to

raise my persistently low ferretin level? I have to date only been taking Gentle

Iron by Solgar, which I have been taking for about two and a half years. For the

first year I was taking 20mg per day and for the last 18 months I have been

taking 40mg per day. On all occasions I take it with a high dose of vitamin c.

Despite this my ferretin levels have never been above 23. Two years ago they

were at 12. My most recent blood test this week showed them as 21.

Any recommendations on a non constipating solution to this please?

Many thanks in advance

[Guest guest]

Hi E:

There can be many different reasons for this, do you have leaky gut syndrome? Do

you drink coffee? Coffee depletes the body of iron along with many other

nutrients. The bisglycinate form is the best form to take, it absorbs easiest

through the stomach, but not if you have LGS. Here's a link which may help:

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/blood/009.html

Cheers,

JOT

> I was just wondering if anyone could please advise on what to take in order to

raise my persistently low ferretin level? I have to date only been taking Gentle

Iron by Solgar, which I have been taking for about two and a half years. For the

first year I was taking 20mg per day and for the last 18 months I have been

taking 40mg per day. On all occasions I take it with a high dose of vitamin c.

>

> Despite this my ferretin levels have never been above 23. Two years ago they

were at 12. My most recent blood test this week showed them as 21.

[Guest guest]

I took 5 mg of copper every two days, 45 mg of zinc per day and 420 mg of ferrous sulphate per day (I think it was ferrous sulphate. It was a french product called tardyferon). After six weeks I stopped to see if my low ferritin symptoms had disappeared. They were back after 5 days so I carried on for another 6 weeks and the next time I stopped it was OK and they didn't come back. I started off with a ferritin of 36 and went up to 130. Seemed to work quite well. You can find out about the interaction between iron, copper and zinc on www.ithyroid.com. You need to go careful on the iron and stop every so often or get a blood test done so that you don't overdo it. It can be bad for the liver.

Can't guarantee that it's constipation free either, - although it was for me because I was taking other stuff that has the opposite effect - but it does seem to work.

MacG.

From: elizabean2300 <ejb_s@...>thyroid treatment Sent: Wed, 8 June, 2011 16:16:54Subject: What to take for persistently low ferretin levels?

I was just wondering if anyone could please advise on what to take in order to raise my persistently low ferretin level? I have to date only been taking Gentle Iron by Solgar, which I have been taking for about two and a half years. For the first year I was taking 20mg per day and for the last 18 months I have been taking 40mg per day. On all occasions I take it with a high dose of vitamin c.Despite this my ferretin levels have never been above 23. Two years ago they were at 12. My most recent blood test this week showed them as 21. Any recommendations on a non constipating solution to this please?Many thanks in advance

[Guest guest]

have you had copper levels checked too?

i have been given 'ferroplus' but don't think you can get it in UK

chris

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> I was just wondering if anyone could please advise on what to take in order to

raise my persistently low ferretin level? I have to date only been taking Gentle

Iron by Solgar, which I have been taking for about two and a half years. For the

first year I was taking 20mg per day and for the last 18 months I have been

taking 40mg per day. On all occasions I take it with a high dose of vitamin c.

>

[Guest guest]

I've just started taking Lactoferrin (also marketed as Laktoferrin) which

besides being anti-fungal and many other things, is supposed to help with

absorption of iron and remove any negative side effects. Can't say if it's

working yet, I'm also taking Gentle Iron by Solgar with it. You're supposed to

take 20mg to 100mg alongside your iron supps. Preferably not apolactoferrin

which can remove iron rather than increase it (both Jarrow and Life Extension do

this). I bought mine from revital.co.uk by Allergy Research Group (I decided to

go for the added colostrum). It's derived from both egg and milk so check

ingredients if you are intolerant to either of these.

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> I was just wondering if anyone could please advise on what to take in order to

raise my persistently low ferretin level? I have to date only been taking Gentle

Iron by Solgar, which I have been taking for about two and a half years. For the

first year I was taking 20mg per day and for the last 18 months I have been

taking 40mg per day. On all occasions I take it with a high dose of vitamin c.

>

> Despite this my ferretin levels have never been above 23. Two years ago they

were at 12. My most recent blood test this week showed them as 21.

>

> Any recommendations on a non constipating solution to this please?

>

> Many thanks in advance

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