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Anemia and Iron Metabolism
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Is Everything You Know About Anemia Wrong?
Ben Greenfield Life·Nov 22, 2025
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Anemia is often a misdiagnosis resulting from looking at blood iron levels instead of tissue iron, where excessive iron causes cellular dysfunction.
“The real issue is we're using a blood test and we're extrapolating to the tissue. So low iron on a blood test does not perfectly represent the tissue level of iron.”
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