The Reserve Guide
What the numbers mean, what the labels hide, and how long any of it takes.
YOUR SITUATIONFerritin and Thyroid: Two Questions That Often Arrive Together
A thyroid panel and a ferritin test get ordered for the same complaints. They are two instruments pointed at two different thin...
YOUR SITUATIONHeavy Periods and the Iron Reserve: An Arithmetic Problem
A reserve is a balance, not a level. When the monthly withdrawal outruns the deposit for years, the account descends along a sl...
YOUR SITUATIONIron After Birth: Why the Reserve Is Often the Last Thing Checked
A birth withdraws roughly a thousand milligrams of iron. The routine postnatal check is not built to measure what is left in st...
YOUR SITUATIONLow 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 th...