Youtube Account: Dr Tony Hampton

Could Carnivore Raise Your Iron TOO High?

Could Carnivore Raise Your Iron TOO High? If you eat carnivore, you probably aren’t worried about getting enough iron. Beef, liver, shellfish, and other animal foods provide heme iron, which is generally more bioavailable than the nonheme iron found in plant foods such as spinach. But that raises a very different question: Can a carnivore diet give you TOO MUCH iron? The answer is more complicated than simply checking a ferritin level. In this episode, I introduce what I call “The Iron Bank” to explain how your body controls iron. You’ll learn: • Why heme iron is absorbed differently from plant-based iron • Why Popeye’s spinach story needs a little updating • Why ferritin can be elevated even when you do NOT have iron overload • Why transferrin saturation may be just as important as…