Feeling sluggish can come from a variety of reasons but before you focus on your thyroid or adrenal glands you might want to get your blood checked. Low ferritin levels can make you feel tired too.
Low levels of ferritin are seen in iron deficiency. Without enough iron, the body cannot produce sufficient levels of hemoglobin, a component of red blood cells that allows them to carry oxygen. Iron deficiency anemia is the result. Mild anemia may not produce symptoms at all. More serious cases of anemia can produce symptoms such as:
- shortness of breath,
- fatigue,
- dizziness,
- pale skin, and
- fast heartbeat.
If you suspect this might be an issue there are some great natural ways to boost your levels.
Eat iron rich foods: When ferritin level is not too low, eating iron rich foods is a better natural option. Eat foods that contain rich amount of iron in your daily diet. Such foods can be included from both animal and plant sources. Include at least one animal source and one plant source daily in your meals
You can choose the animal source from lean meat, chicken, eggs, oysters, crabs, fish, pork, liver etc. Certain vegetables are also rich in iron. They are green leafy vegetables, spinach, broccoli etc. Dried fruits such as figs and dates also contain iron in sufficient amount. Wheat germ, whole grains such as brown rice has plenty of iron.
Also take Vitamin C which is important in absorption of iron.
I also like the supplement ferrous bisglycinate because it provides the iron but is not constipating.
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Dr. Leesa Haire
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