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Thanks, yes you're right , its a more complex procedure. Iron plays on Potassium, Zinc plays on Copper etc. Its not easy. Do you have any insight on how to raise iron then?No Bansaw, you should never take iron when your iron is low. It's all about balancing the levels, not bout taking individual supplements to improve ones levels. It's a complicated process.
Who said it was all nonesense SkipSkip?
I would say the premise of nutritional balancing is mistaken. It assumes that what caused the imbalance is no longer persisting. Our bodies already are striving for balance, but there is an opposing mechanism continuously signaling for imbalance.
I'm sure there are people who have gotten back into balance while on the program, but it wasn't because of the program; it was because stress levels decreased during that period of time. That's my understanding.
Thanks, yes you're right , its a more complex procedure. Iron plays on Potassium, Zinc plays on Copper etc. Its not easy. Do you have any insight on how to raise iron then?
No I'm not sure how one raises their iron but im sure I read in the book the other day you don't take iron to raise it. It goes up when one of the other minerals are raised. I'm low in iron too so.... I'm with a practitioner on this so I'll ask him if I don't read it again. I'm reading the whole book as we speak....
changes in energy and personality development were the ones who went on a mineral balancing program. Over 95% of the women who take iron tablets for their energy are not suffering from an iron deficiency at all. Millions of women are making a terrible mistake when they take iron supplements without knowing whether they need iron or not. First of all, more and more foods are enriched with iron today. Almost everything you buy in the food stores these days says, “enriched with iron” on the label –breads, cereals, canned goods. So with all that iron in women’s diets, you have to ask yourself, “How in the world can any woman be deficient in iron?” The answer is that they generally are not deficient in iron. Blood tests by themselves can be highly misleading. The main reason why so many women have a low hemoglobin count is because they have a copper imbalance –and not an iron imbalance. * Whenever there is either too much or too little copper in the body, the iron will not be able to properly attach to the hemoglobin in the blood cells. In approximately 80% of the cases, deficiency of iron is not the principal problem. If you give iron to correct a “low” iron level, the iron level will generally go even lower. This is exactly what happens to millions of women every year. The iron they take is stored in the....liver, heart and pancreas. Many women are poisoning their bodies with iron. An excessive intake of iron can eventually result in iron toxicity and various disorders associated with elevated iron levels. We can assure you that if any woman is suffering from an acute or chronic energy loss, as 85% to 90% of the women are, it is primarily because of weak thyroid and adrenal glands and a demineralized body. Blindly giving iron tablets to a woman to give her more energy will often only make the condition worse. You need energy to express
It's my understanding 90% of the world population is Copper deficient , my last blog might help explain the Iron issue, Fighting CFS " 10 Day Remission " Just trying to help !!!
Thanks, yes you're right , its a more complex procedure. Iron plays on Potassium, Zinc plays on Copper etc. Its not easy. Do you have any insight on how to raise iron then?
It could be low Riboflavin (B2). Is your copper also low and lead present? You might want to read the thread on Hair Mineral Testing.My iron levels remain inexplicably low.
It's my understanding 90% of the world population is Copper deficient , my last blog might help explain the Iron issue, Fighting CFS " 10 Day Remission " Just trying to help !!!
Id always heard that they were a load of nonsense to put it bluntly but id be interested to hear some more informed opinions