Why Low Iron Isn’t Always About Iron

Low iron (even with anemia) can actually signal parasites or that your body needs copper & vitamin A to use the iron you’ve got

Iron and copper work hand-in-hand.

Low ferritin isn’t always low iron. And high ferritin doesn’t always mean your iron’s great either.

👉 Low ferritin? Usually means your body’s not recycling iron properly because it’s low in copper (and often vitamin A).  But it can also show up with parasitic infections - some feed on your blood and nutrients (they LOVE iron), creating hidden deficiencies no matter how much you take in.

👉 High ferritin? Often points to liver dysfunction. The liver’s recycling center (the lysosome) can’t process iron correctly, so ferritin leaks into your bloodstream.

When copper is low, your iron recycling system breaks down and that’s where the real issues start. Too much stored iron acts like rust inside the body, damaging tissues and driving inflammation.

Excess iron has even been linked to Alzheimer’s, dementia, and stroke risk... that’s how toxic it can be when it builds up in the wrong places.

You only need about 1 mg of dietary iron a day - the rest comes from recycling (if copper is doing its job). 

Support your iron-copper balance with grass-fed beef liver, bee pollen and whole food vitamin C. or a gentle copper bisglycinate supplement. 

And if your iron’s high, donating blood is one of the best natural ways to lower it.

As Morley Robbins says:

“Anemia isn’t an iron problem — it’s an iron dysregulation problem. You may be copper deficient, not iron deficient.”

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