Dr. Ksenia Mashkina told how you can independently determine the lack of iron in the body and how to fill this deficiency with the help of nutrition.
About 40% of men and women of childbearing age suffer from iron deficiency worldwide, but many of them do not even know about this problem, not understanding what frequent illnesses, weakness and malaise are associated with.
What symptoms signal us that iron stores in the body are running out?
- Problems with hair and nails,
- Fatigue, fatigue,
- Pale, dry skin,
- Anxiety, irritability, brain fog,
- Gastrointestinal mucosal disorders,
- Smell and taste perversion.
It’s not enough just to start taking bio-iron supplements . It is important that it is absorbed, otherwise the expected effect will not be.
One of the co-factors that promote the absorption of iron is vitamin C. It is not necessary to take it in the form of a vitamin. Saturate your diet with foods that contain it: bell pepper, blackcurrant, parsley, spinach, kiwi, orange peel and lemon.
Eat more fermented foods. The most affordable is sauerkraut. The acid contained in it will form complexes that will help prevent the appearance of a poorly absorbed form – iron phytate. 
Ksenia Mashkina Health Therapist, naturopath