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Ep. 087 - Mental Health and Iron. What's the connection?

Not Your Mother's Menopause with Dr. Fiona Lovely

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Iron Deficiency and Mental Health

Iron deficiency is the most common deficiency on the planet. Most likely associated with low income countries and countries that have less access to health care as it is very much associated with pregnancies. The more pregnancies you've had, potentially the more opportunity for you to have had blood loss. And so that subclinical decrease in oxygen deliverance to the brain tissues over time can show up as mental health issues.

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