How Long It Takes to Refill an Iron Reserve
A follicle spends a resting phase of roughly three months, and a reserve emptied over years does not refill in fifteen days. Here is what an honest window looks like.
Low Ferritin and Hair Shedding: The Order the Body Rations In
When a reserve runs thin, the body does not spend less on everything at once. It sorts. Here is why a hair follicle waits at the back of that line.
How to Read an Iron Supplement Label in Thirty Seconds
Every iron bottle looks the same from the front. Four lines on the back panel do not. Here is the thirty second test, and it works on our label too.
Chelated Iron and Iron Salts: Why Tolerance Differs
Two bottles both say iron. One says ferrous sulfate, the other ferrous bisglycinate. Here is what that word changes inside the gut, and why it matters.
What Lactoferrin Actually Does With Iron
Lactoferrin is a protein that binds iron. What it does, why it costs so much, and the difference between an ingredient named and one dosed.
Ferritin and Iron Are Not the Same Test
One line on a lab report counts the iron that is moving. The other counts the iron that is kept. They are not answering the same question.