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It is so important to be checking your iron stores

It is so important to be checking your iron stores, specifically your ferritin. ⁠
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So many symptoms that women experience can be attributed to low iron levels. Here is a list of common symptoms of low iron. ⁠
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🅾️Extreme fatigue⁠
🅾️Weakness⁠
🅾️Pale skin⁠
🅾️Chest pain, fast heartbeat or shortness of breath⁠
🅾️Headache, dizziness or lightheadedness⁠
🅾️Cold hands and feet⁠
🅾️Inflammation or soreness of your tongue⁠
🅾️Brittle nails⁠
🅾️Unusual cravings for non-nutritive substances, such as ice, dirt or starch⁠
🅾️Poor appetite, especially in infants and children with iron deficiency anemia⁠
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I often see women being told their iron levels are completely normal. However, if you look closely at the reference range it is so vast. The range for ferritin levels (your storage form of iron) is between 5-272ug/L. ⁠
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In order to be at a healthy level, your iron should be around 40-50. If you are experience hair loss, your ferritin should be around 50-70. ⁠
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It is so important to get this properly assessed. Oftentimes, all it takes is some iron in your supplement regime to make you feel a world of a difference. ⁠
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This is your gentle reminder, to slow down when yo

This is your gentle reminder, to slow down when you eat. Give your body the time to rest and digest and send the signals to your brain that you are full. ⁠
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The faster you eat, you may end up eating more because your brain hasn't received the message that you are full and don't need any more food! ⁠
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Save this post, share it, remember it the next time you eat :) ⁠
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Someone once said to me....sleep is such a waste o

Someone once said to me....sleep is such a waste of my time, if I didn't have to sleep, I would get so many things accomplished. ⁠
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Sleep is by far one of the foundations of health. If you aren't sleeping well or enough, it can impact your entire body and its functions. ⁠
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Research shows that less than 6 hours of sleep a night can impact various hormones related to metabolism. ⁠
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For example: ⁠
- Insulin resistance can get worse, resulting in a state of fat storage⁠
- Levels of leptin can decline. This is the hormone that tells your brain that you are full ⁠
- Levels of ghrelin increase. This is the hormone that stimulates appetite. ⁠
- Cortisol, our stress hormone can increase ⁠
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It is crucial that if you want to provide support to your metabolism, that you are sleeping well. ⁠
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If you are having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, look at lowering your stress. ⁠
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There are many different ways to support healthy sleep. DM for any questions! ⁠
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I recently saw this quote, ⁠ ⁠ "When the journ

I recently saw this quote, ⁠
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"When the journey gets tough I don’t ⁠
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give up, I don’t complain, but I choose ⁠
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to see positive and transmute that ⁠
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which seems to be dark into light.”⁠
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~ Lukas Notes⁠
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It takes courage to let go of anything you cannot change but it is even harder sometimes to not give up. This is your reminder that you can choose to see the positive and let go. ⁠
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Drop a ❤️ in the comments if you needed this today. ⁠
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Have you been told your AMH is low when trying to

Have you been told your AMH is low when trying to conceive?⁠
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AMH is a marker of our ovarian reserve. It can be hard being told that your ovarian reserve is diminished when you are trying to conceive.⁠
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There are a few causes of low AMH and various ways we can support the body to help bring the levels up.⁠
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Check out my latest blog on Low AMH. ⁠
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Happy, Healthy Hormones 101⁠ ⁠ Come and join D

Happy, Healthy Hormones 101⁠
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Come and join Dr. Samina Mitha, ND as she walks you through how your hormones can affect weight, stress, anxiety, PMS, and cycle irregularities throughout all stages of a women's life. Walk away with some natural strategies to help balance your hormones on a busy schedule. Dr. Samina, ND will provide diet, lifestyle, and supplement education that you can start today!⁠
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RSVP: https://www.pascoe.ca/webinars/womens-health⁠
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Click the link in my bio and this image to sign up! ⁠
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