Vitamin results

[Thicket]

Folate 4.4(3-18)

Ferritin 57(20-350)

B12 406(200-960)

No vitamin D

Do these look ok?

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Thicket

All too low. Optimal levels are:

B12: top of range with a minimum of 550pg/ml (although you haven't given the unit of measurement)

Folate: at least half way through range

A good quality, bioavailable B Complex should help raise both, eg Thorne Basic B.

Ferritin: half way through range. You can help raise your Ferritin level by eating liver regularly, no more than 200g per week due to it's high Vit A content, or liver pate, black pudding and other iron rich foods.

As you are supplementing with D3 you should test Vit D yourself if GP won't do it :

vitamindtest.org.uk/index.html

[Thicket in reply to SeasideSusie]

I will do the vitamin D test privately as I don't think the GP will do it.

[KnackeredKaty in reply to Thicket]

GP's do test Vitamin D. If they object, insist. There is no reason to pay for it.