Blood chemistry: Iron

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Groovy, man!

Got my blood chem results. After a good year of iron supplementation (27 mg/150% daily value) per day and rampant red meat consumption, my blood ferritin levels are up to a massive 10 ng/ml! Whoooo-HOOOO!

Mind you, "normal" is 11-307 ng/ml, but I'm in the double digits now!

The stuff I'm taking is ferrous sulfate, which causes me no side effects at all. I'm going to double and then quadruple my daily dose.

But I'm wondering if anyone has had better absorption with some other iron formulation? Since ferrous sulfate is dirt cheap and doesn't mess up my gut, and red meat makes me feel darned fabulous, I've not considered anything else.

I'd really like to get into the "normal" range. And I have a silly goal now of getting into the 100's.

ETA: as a side note, since beginning my massive dead mammal carnivory program my cholesterol levels have become a thing of beauty. My exercise levels have dropped to absolute nil in the same time period, I've gained another 20 lbs, and I've been drinking booze every day. My cholesterol been horrible my entire life, except once before when I was eating huge amounts of dead red meat and drinking like a fish. Clearly my genetics predestine me to eat furry animals, sit on my fat butt, and slurp down the brewski.