December 2nd: Ferritin 33, CRP 4.5
January 13th: Ferritin 74.4, CRP 1.9
How I crashed it: Stupidly donating double reds at the red cross. It had been crashed back in October and probably before that, I had tried a few different iron sups with my daily routine (paying no attention to meal timing or anything else) and getting nowhere.
How I raised it: My stomach is never truly empty because I'm on low dose Reta and I take casein a few hours before bed, but I determined the time my stomach would be the most empty and the farthest away from any other elements (magnesium, etc) that would interfere with iron absorption is deadass in the middle of the night. It just so happens I'm an older guy and get up around 3am to piss whether I want to or not.
MWF I take extra digestive enzymes and betaine with my last meal I leave an 8 oz glass of water with 1 gram liquid liposomal vitamin C by the bathroom sink before bed to remind me in my stupor I'm supposed to take something. I take 2x 325 Ferrous Fumarate, 2x Betaine HCL, and 2x Ox Bile and wash it down with the vit c water.
The Betaine is to further increase acidity in the gut to help with absorption. The Ox Bile I bro scienced straight out of my ass, it has dubious benefits for iron absorption but I do it anyway.
No problems with upset stomach, I fall immediately back to sleep. Sometimes my poops are sub obtimal but nothing really disruptive.
January 13th: Ferritin 74.4, CRP 1.9
How I crashed it: Stupidly donating double reds at the red cross. It had been crashed back in October and probably before that, I had tried a few different iron sups with my daily routine (paying no attention to meal timing or anything else) and getting nowhere.
How I raised it: My stomach is never truly empty because I'm on low dose Reta and I take casein a few hours before bed, but I determined the time my stomach would be the most empty and the farthest away from any other elements (magnesium, etc) that would interfere with iron absorption is deadass in the middle of the night. It just so happens I'm an older guy and get up around 3am to piss whether I want to or not.
MWF I take extra digestive enzymes and betaine with my last meal I leave an 8 oz glass of water with 1 gram liquid liposomal vitamin C by the bathroom sink before bed to remind me in my stupor I'm supposed to take something. I take 2x 325 Ferrous Fumarate, 2x Betaine HCL, and 2x Ox Bile and wash it down with the vit c water.
The Betaine is to further increase acidity in the gut to help with absorption. The Ox Bile I bro scienced straight out of my ass, it has dubious benefits for iron absorption but I do it anyway.
No problems with upset stomach, I fall immediately back to sleep. Sometimes my poops are sub obtimal but nothing really disruptive.
