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Do I need to up my Iron supplement?

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Hi All

I posted these results the other day; SlowDragon kindly offered information and resources.

However, I am uncertain whether I need to up my iron supplement.

Can anyone help please?

I did look on the site that SlowDragon gave but still unsure?

Also, since posting last time, I have now added a 800 mcg supplement of Folate.

My results are below:

Iron 7.9 - Range: 6.6 - 26 umol/L

% IBC 18 - Range: 15 - 45

Total Iron Binding Capacity *44.2 - Range: 45 - 81 umol/L (The lab has put an asterisk at the side of result.)

B12 - 738 ng/L - Range 197 - 771

Folate - 5.6 ug/L No range given

Ferritin - 114 ug/L - Range 30 - 400

Thank you in advance!

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Let's give this a bump up to see if the iron experts are about 🤗

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Thank you ! 😊

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Thank you ! 😊

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Here’s previous post

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Hopefully humanbean might comment

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Thanks SlowDragon 😊

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