Alternatives to Iron Pills for Iron Deficiency Anemia

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Jennifer

11/18/2016 07:28:16 am

Hi Dr. DiNezza - Thanks for the great blog. I actually attended Chapel Hill and lived in the Raleigh area many years ago. I've had tests run that indicate I don't produce enough stomach acid, and I have gut inflammation, so I have both the issues you mentioned. Digestive enzymes have helped tremendously with the stomach acid problem, but I have not found anything that helps with the inflammation. I tried glutamine and glucosamine but they actually made things worse. Any suggestions?

Dr. Nicole DiNezza, DC, NTP link

11/18/2016 02:33:02 pm

Hi, Jennifer!

Small world! Hello from the NC Triangle!

As far as the inflammation- hard to say. I joke with my patients that there are many, many "flavors" of inflammation and stress, and they're not all treated the same way. For some people, Turmeric is a God-send, for others it's fish oil or glutathione. For some people that help comes in the form of herbs and supplements to get their immune system to calm down or "come back online" so they can fight infections. I guess when you think about it in this context, this is the whole point of "functional medicine"- trying to find out what flavor of inflammation you have so that it can be best addressed.

I hope this was helpful!

Alternatives to Iron Pills for Iron Deficiency Anemia

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