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The Effects of Low Carbohydrates on Sex Hormones

Sex hormone binding globulin, which is a protein in the human blood like albumin that carries our sex hormones. It has been elevated for a long time and when I was on keto, my SHBG was in the 120s at one time. Paul doesn't have hemochromatosis but does seem to hold on to iron when he eats red meat every day. He's doing phlebotomy so this means he essentially drains a little bit of blood every week.

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