#66 The Truth About Iron-Why Does Anaemia Exist, Causes of Iron Overload and How To Balance Iron Intake | Loren De La Cruz

<p>In episode 66 I speak to Loren de la Cruz all about the mineral iron and whether it is something we should be supplementing with.</p> <p>Loren delves into some really interesting things about iron and really sheds some light on this mineral we are led to believe we need to supplement with for better health.</p> <p>Find out:</p> <ul><li>What iron is and its purpose in the body. </li> <li>How much iron we need</li> <li>If iron is as great as we thought</li> <li>What causes iron overload and what happens when you have too much iron, issues connected with it</li> <li>Hidden places you get iron from</li> <li>Supplements to stop taking as they either impact copper, contain iron or both</li> <li>Signs or tests to establish iron levels</li> <li>Why anaemia exists</li> <li>How to balance iron intake, ways to lower iron in the body</li> </ul> <p>.</p> Podcast Episode Sponsors <p>Huge thank you to our sponsors,</p> Mira <p>Mira helps women track their actual hormone levels so they know exactly when their fertile and infertile days are.</p> <p>As a woman with PCOS who has previously suffered from irregular cycles, I know how difficult it can make tracking your cycles.</p> <p>Not only this, some PCOS women have constantly high luteinizing hormone (LH) levels that can be as much three times the normal range. This can in turn lead to false readings when using things like Ovulating Predictor Kits because they might not detect a surge in luteinizing hormone as levels are constantly high.</p> <p>But not with Mira.</p> <p>Mira is an Artificially Intelligent-driven fertility device that has been designed with irregular cycles and PCOS women in mind, so it is able to detect the surge in LH above your high baseline. This is because we are all unique and Mira gathers data about you and tailors it's predictions to you. Whereas OPKs are designed around what is 'average'.</p> <p>Mira will record your actual hormone levels each month and it's complex learning algorithm will predict your fertile day