Dr. Heather's ferritin was 9 four months postpartum, and she had a doctorate in clinical nutrition at the time. She still couldn't fix her own labs, and she spent months doing exactly what you've been doing: assuming she had the wrong iron rather than the wrong theory. This episode takes apart the belief that almost every woman with low ferritin is operating under. Low ferritin, therefore more iron. It's the most reasonable belief available, it's what your doctor believes, and for some women it works perfectly. If you're still listening to podcasts about your ferritin, you're not one of those women. Dr. Heather explains how ferritin works like savings, and taking iron is making a deposit. You can walk into the bank every week and hand them twenty dollars, and if you're spending more than you earn, your savings will not grow. Then she covers the three places the deposit disappears, plus the reframe for anyone who finishes this episode feeling like they wasted two years and four hundred dollars on supplements. What you'll learn in this episode:
Why the belief that iron fixes low ferritin keeps women stuck for years, and how it converts every failure into a reason to try the same thing again
What your ferritin number actually reports, and why it can't tell you anything about the cause on its own
The three places your iron goes missing
Why some women feel worse on high-dose iron rather than better
The four blood markers to hold out for if your provider will only run a handful
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