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Update Still eating more protein (lots of kangaroo which is also high in iron) Still eating very little dairy, and stopped drinking tea Have been having coffee in the morning away from any iron foods Not currently taking any supplements aside from Digest Enzymes and HCL with meals Exercising 3+...

Update* Supplement recommendations are in - Para-pack - Vit E with Selenium - Calcium plus - Adrenal Complex - HCL Plus - Acidophillis Plus eat a higher protein diet. Symptoms - Dandruff is bothering me a lot. I don't know if it's possibly getting worse now that I'm eating less fat. - Hair...

@MNK99 Thanks for your reply. I tried putting your smoothie suggestion into Cronometer and it only sat at around 25g protein. Where is the 45g coming from? Is it just protein powder? I think the tricky part for me is making it edible, and keeping the ratios right 40protein40carb20fat...

Woah. That iron infusion did not go down well with me. Terrible flu like symptoms - 3rd day aching all over, fever/chills, exhausted. Not keen to do that again. Symptoms this morning (fever, aches and exhaustion mostly over now) - mood ok, a little down - energy levels ok, little tired -...

@MNK99 Need to tighten the budget, fasting! lol @Ben123 If you are already burnt out and depleted I think you run a pretty high risk fasting. Have you tried going through a rest and repair period? How do you feel when you eat these foods?

@SwaZ From first hair test to second test I went from HIGH Boron, LOW Mag, to then LOW Boron to HIGH (well actually normal, but higher than before) Mag. Any ideas why Boron went down when Mag went up? SHBG and Testosterone stayed same the whole way through

@Helen Can increasing magnesium decrease boron? Like use it up?

@Ben123 Do you get enough sleep? What is the quality of your sleep? Do you eat enough calories at this point?

Recommendations for slow oxidizers is to increase protein and carb, and decrease fat (20%?) to help speed up a bit, and fast oxidisers are to increase fat to help slow down a bit. Would this suggest a person in four lows (probably burnt out fast) should continue to stick to a 'fast oxidizer...

@Helen Thanks, will give lysine and c a try to see if that keeps my iron up after the infusion.

Note to self - Try Lysine and Vit C for stabilizing iron

Is there a relationship between low testosterone and low adrenal function?

@Helen Iron levels are always either in range or high but ferritin sits between 10-25ug/L. The only time it's gotten a little higher was when I was taking copper and it went to 48 Re Testosterone, my total T was ok, but the free T was low because the SHBG was so high. Can this perhaps mean that...

@Helen Thanks, will check my B1 and B2 when I retest iron and cortisol. I do take 10mg of B1 and 10mg of B2 at the moment, so I imagine it may be ok? I find taking the B's do really help keep me more calm and even, although I also take Gaba and l-theanine with them, so can't be sure what's...

@Helen Last test progesterone was around 50 and normal range is >6