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hey guys dr. Berg here in this video we’re going  to talk about iron deficiencies okay iron is the  

most common deficiency so let’s just kind of break  it down to make it really basic iron is needed for  

oxygen transport through the blood okay it also  is involved in producing energy at the cellular  

level it actually helps make DNA it helps with  hemoglobin myoglobin which is basically the  

transport oxygen system to the blood and also to  the muscle so iron is needed to transport oxygen  

to the different parts of the body and then  neural globin which is basically similar to  

these other oxygen transports but it goes to the  central nervous system like the brain spinal cord  

and that type of thing but iron also helps make  T cell so it’s involved in the immune system so  

the symptoms of iron deficiency are fatigue kind  of washed out and if a woman actually is a like  

has really heavy menstrual cycles they can be  anemic and they have low iron and they’re just  

kind of always tired chronically fatigued increase  heart rate rapid breathing especially when you go  

up inclines low endurance you run at a gas real  fast restless leg syndrome is an iron deficiency  

it could be other things but iron is one of the  causes attention deficit disorder like attention  

content of problems with concentration associate  kids and adults poor memory involved with low iron  

interesting it so normally we need about eight  milligrams of iron per day postmenopausal women  

need 18 grams of iron that’s 10 grams more  per day then the average person a pregnant  

woman needs 27 milligrams of iron every single  day yes iron is in spinach it’s in vegetables  

it’s in legumes and beans but the challenge  is that the animal sources of iron are much  

more absorbed by the body that you can still get  it if you’re vegetarian for sure if you actually  

have a variety of vegetables but it’s much easier  to get it from like meats and chicken and fish in  

that type of now other nutrients needed to absorb  iron you need vitamin A so when you have people  

are deficient in iron they’re usually deficient in  vitamin A at the same time copper zinc so you need  

these other minerals and by the way when you’re  taking iron is a supplement a lot of times they  

use something called ferrous oxide which is I  don’t recommend that source it’s not the best  

source for the body and you want to get it from  food it’s all possible but if you’re actually  

taking iron as a supplement and you take at the  same time as you take calcium chances are you’re  

not going to absorb it so you want to take your  iron and take your calcium later about two hours  

later don’t combine those two when you’re low  in iron you have poor conversions from t4 to t3  

so the thyroid needs iron for its conversions  so one of the causes of an iron deficiency is  

yes maybe you’re a vegan but you’re not doing  it correctly and you’re having just maybe too  

many refined grains that could be a cause of  your iron deficiency if you’re a celiac or IBS  

or you have a digestive issue or a low stomach  acid you’re not going to be able to absorb iron  

that well or if you have a gastric bypass we  have chronic inflammation you’re not going to  

absorb iron and this is interesting too there’s  something called phytic acid and that is something  

naturally in legumes grains nuts and seeds and  if you’re consuming those foods and they’re not  

germinated you’re going to actually block the  absorption of iron and other minerals so here’s  

the catch-22 if you consume those those foods you  need to germinate them which basically means soak  

them in water overnight dry them out and then  consume them now there are certain conditions  

genetic conditions that have too much iron in  the liver because the liver is the organ that  

stores mostly iron and it can become very very  toxic so what I recommend in that situation to  

remove the ions is to consume legumes grains  seeds and nuts that are not germinated so you  

can you know try to limit this toxic iron  and maybe take more calcium as well alright  

so that’s just some basic data on iron and  put your comments below hey guys thank you  

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