s2/e14 Iron for Runners: What You Need To Know with Dr. McKale Montgomery, MS, PhD
The Running Explained Podcast
Is Your Body Recycling Iron?
The body is an incredibly efficient recycler of iron. We only absorb about two grams, two millets sorr toan two milligrams a day. That's a thousandfold less every day to meet those needs and keep going. If you have exceptionally long and heavy periods, you may be at higher risk of iron deficiency. I t i was going to talk other reasons you might become anemic as a runner, beyond ministruation,. because that's only half of us, right? Exactly. O pree ourself, hundred percent of this conversation, pretty percent of the world.
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