Ferritin and folate supplements

[NWA6]

Any suggestion for buying these please 🤗

Folate 4.1 (2-17)

Ferritin 63 (15-250)

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

What are the results/ranges for them?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Low Folate......Supplementing a good quality daily vitamin B complex, one with folate in not folic acid may be beneficial.

chriskresser.com/folate-vs-...

B vitamins best taken in the morning after breakfast

Recommended brands on here are Igennus Super B complex. (Often only need one tablet per day, not two. Certainly only start with one tablet per day after breakfast. Retesting levels in 6-8 weeks ).

Or Jarrow B-right is popular choice, but is large capsule

If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 7 days before any blood tests, as biotin can falsely affect test results

endo.confex.com/endo/2016en...

endocrinenews.endocrine.org...

What's your B12 levels?

Ferritin, eating liver or liver pate once a week plus daily vitamin C should to help improve iron absorption. Other iron rich foods like, spinach, pumpkin seeds, dark chocolate, prawns etc

[NWA6 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks Slow dragon. It’s for my 17yr old. B12 is 1005 (<900) she stopped Supplement 7days before this test after her first test was 965.

She’s been on huge double/triple doses of Vit c for 1wk, now back down to normal dosing per day.

[NWA6 in reply to NWA6]

So SuperB Conplex would be no good as it has B12. What about Solgar?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to NWA6]

Vast majority of vitamin B complex contain B12

She might be able to just take the B complex and drop separate B12 supplements

Unlikely to need more than one tablet of Igennus Super B per day

They are good quality ingredients and small easy to swallow tablets

[NWA6 in reply to SlowDragon]

I’ve got one without B12 and she’s taking Vit C any way so that’s covered.

[NWA6 in reply to SlowDragon]

Just as a FYI I’ve been reading Chriskresser about low T3 syndrome.

[Laundretta]

Black pudding is great for iron, and without the potential mega dose of vitamin A from eating too much liver. The Aldi one is only 3% fat, but they do vary wildly.

[NWA6 in reply to Laundretta]

🤦‍♀️ She’d never eat black pudding 😬 But thanks for the suggestion 🤗

[Laundretta in reply to NWA6]

Sneak it in to anything with mince...?

[NWA6 in reply to Laundretta]

😂 I think she’s too old for sneaking but I’ll give it a try and update 😂

[cabro2]

She may have MTHFR mutation causing high B12 and low folic acid. Wondering if her homocysteine is also high. I take methylfolate (5-MTHF) to help this.

[NWA6 in reply to cabro2]

😬 sorry but that was gobbledygook 😂 Have you got time for more detail? Don’t worry if not, I’ll google bit always nicer to have a personal experience 🤗

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to NWA6]

Many thyroid patients have MTHFR gene. Means can't easily process folic acid, folate is better option

wellnessmama.com/27148/mthf...

[cabro2 in reply to SlowDragon]

And methylcobalamin form of folate is preferable to cyanocobalamin for those with MTHFR mutation.