Food for Ferritin and The Art of Absorption

The most common deficiency related to hair loss and hair thinning in women is low ferritin. In mainstream you will hear more about low iron, but it is really the bodies storage of iron, ferritin, that can be a huge problem. We get iron from what we eat, this provides some energy and oxygen which is important to body function, so important that the body has a chemistry equation to convert iron into the storage form which is ferritin. The body does this because we cannot function without the iron.

Women’s menstrual cycle is a contributing factor for loss or iron and using up the storage tank of ferritin. When the cycle is heavy, changeable or in the presence of hormonal problems, it can drain the ferritin, even if you are consuming the right types of iron from food. Additionally, the wrong type of iron supplement can also rob the body of ferritin. And to halt diffuse hair loss and hair thinning from low iron and ferritin, you need to do more than just raise your ferritin. This is where Absolique Trichologist can help to find the right type of iron for you and help you with iron absorption with food for ferritin and the art of absorption.

Food for Ferritin and The Art of Absorption:

Ferritin is the most common deficiency related to hair loss and hair thinning
The wrong type of iron supplement can rob the body of ferritin
Supplementation alone will not raise ferritin
Food alone will not raise ferritin

It can be impossible to find out what came first, low iron, low ferritin, or absorption issues. So, when we identify low iron and or ferritin, we will suggest the right type of supplementation and food for ferritin. Food for ferritin covers the different types of protein, both animal (heme) and plant (non heme). Animal proteins are complete on their own and will provide the iron and then ferritin if combined with the right foods following food combining. Animal protein is not required in high amounts to get what we need, even once a day 4 days a week with @ 90g is more than enough, but it is more about the absorption. Red meat is not the highest in protein as advertised, unless eaten raw, and it the most difficult protein for the body to break down, taking up much digestive energy. Using a variety of animal and combined plant proteins is the ideal way of eating along with good, clean, wholesome food.

Plant proteins are incomplete on their own, they need to be combined with another plant protein to be complete and form the required amino acid profile. Absolique Hair Health Clinic have compiled a document outlining ‘Food for Ferritin’ and is a free guide to help you begin understanding and addressing low ferritin and absorption. It is important to follow the food combining principles here to assist with absorption, this includes removing gluten, dairy and sugar from your diet. To help here we have also created ‘Food for Ferritin Recipes’ to give you a place to start. You should also be pH testing o understand if your body is absorbing, balance where required with acid buffers and use the digestive enzymes, either natural or supplemental, with your main meal of the day.

This is not just for the sake of stopping hair loss, addressing hair thinning and scalp conditions, but for overall human health. The art of absorption and food for ferritin is good health information for everyone who would like to be healthy, have healthy hair, scalp, skin and nails. But one must also remember the whole nutritional profile needs to be met for cellular health which includes pH balance, minerals, essential fatty acid, all fat- and water-soluble vitamins, antioxidants and probiotics. That is the cellular health recipe along with addressing deficiency. View The Art of Absorption here.

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