Any personal experiences with building their ferritin levels back up?

[WayneP]

Would like to know "generally" how long it takes for ferritin to build back up, when supplementing with iron. i.e. X mg iron/day increased ferritin by X points in X time

Has anyone kept track of this?

 

[JoeJ0eyJoeJoe]

Took me about 8 months, supplementing with 28mg 2x daily with Feosol brand tablets (contains heme iron).
Iron: 38 (50-180 mcg/dL) to 119 after 8 mo, then 85 at 12 mo.
Ferritin: 27 (38-380 ng/mL) to 31 in 8mo, then 169 at 12 mo.

 

[Systemlord]

It took me 2 months to get my ferritin from 24 to 128 on just dietary changes and only 6 weeks on iron supplements.

 

[Match]

128 é ideal

 

[Systemlord]

128 é ideal

From what I read, higher ferritin is associated with higher instance of disease since diseases feeds on iron.

 

[Match]

Também, mas do que pesquisei, grande maioria dos casos de elevada é em razão de inflamação e não excesso de ferro

 

[Nelson Vergel]

Many men on TRT have low ferritin even without blood donations.

Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) Decreases Ferritin

Testosterone replacement can cause a decrease in ferritin in men even without the presence or use of blood donations or therapeutic phlebotomies. A study gave men testosterone enanthate at a dose of 125 mg per week (it also used T enanthate with or without finasteride to see the effect of...

www.excelmale.com

It takes a while to increase it with iron plus Vitamin C supplementation.

 

[Match]

[URL unfurl = "true"] Testosterone induces erythrocytosis via increased erythropoietin and suppressed hepcidin: evidence for a new erythropoietin/hemoglobin set point - PubMed [/ URL]

High Iron Leads to Low Testosterone

High levels of iron in the body can, as we know, lead to some serious health problems, as I documented in my book, Dumping Iron. Among […]

roguehealthandfitness.com

Conclusões: O aumento da hemoglobina e do hematócrito induzido pela testosterona estão associados à estimulação da EPO e à redução das concentrações de ferritina e hepcidina. Propomos que a testosterona estimula a eritropoiese estimulando a EPO e recalibrando o ponto de ajuste da EPO em relação à hemoglobina e aumentando o uso de ferro para eritropoiese.