Are you putting yourself at risk with your supplementation?

Today we're talking about dangerous supplements. Something really important I want you to remember is just because it's natural doesn't mean it's risk free. Can anyone guess what supplement I'm thinking of? It's a naturally occurring mineral. You need it for survival. But too high levels can cause organ damage and can be life threatening. And talking about iron, if you're taking iron, you should be testing for iron. Our body doesn't have a natural mechanism for detoxifying and removing iron. Here's some signs of high iron abdominal pain, fatigue, elevated liver enzymes. We see iron overload as a risk factor for diabetes. But the best way to diagnose high iron is to do iron storage testing. Ferritin. Ferritin can go up as a result of inflammation, but it also tells us how much iron we're storing. There's a genetic mutation called hemochromatosis, which, luckily we can test for now. That's associated with iron storage diseases. If you have hemochromatosis, they recommend regular phlebotomy or donation of blood. So in the absence of inflammation, how much ferritin is too much ferritin? Ferritin levels over 200 in men and over 300 in women can be indicative of iron overload. This is part of why it's so important to get to the root cause of why you feel the way you feel. The name of the game is to test before you supplement.