Stacy Sims on Iron

“We want to have [Vitamin D] after training to help reduce hepcidin so that we can have optimal iron.”

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“Iron is responsible for allowing those heme groups to carry oxygen. If we have low iron, then we don't have enough oxygen circulating throughout the body, so you feel very flat and tired.”

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“Vitamin D is really important for absorbing and maintaining iron stores.”

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“It's supplementing every other day with a very high bioavailable iron, with either carbonyl or glycinate, then we're really able to boost that ferritin.”

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“How do I supplement? Supplement before training or at night away from training.”

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“Like with iron, yes, if you're doing it right, every other day, you can absorb it, but you have to be specific about that.”

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“We look at iron bisglycinate or carbonyl iron and these are the two most bioavailable and you want to take it every other day, preferably first thing in the morning.”

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“Hepsiden is an enzyme that decreases the body's availability of iron absorption. It increases with inflammation, so it's higher after training for about 5 hours.”

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“If you look at the back of one, it says calcium and iron together, then you know that someone who put that formulation together doesn't know what they're doing because calcium and iron bond together and are excreted.”

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“Iron get tested first cuz if you start taking iron and you have adequate stores, it can come across as being anemic.”

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“We see low-lying things that come up like change in blood lipids or change in iron status, but still not low enough for a physician to intervene.”

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“If you don't need to supplement iron, don't do it because over absorption of iron presents just the same as iron deficiency where you feel really flat and tired.”

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