Iron deficiency on GLP-1 — prevalence data and supplementation protocol

BethLabQueen said:

A sustained drop to 1,100 or 1,200 calories reliably under-delivers a predictable set: B12, vitamin D, iron, folate, zinc and magnesium.

Iron studies on micronutrients — important especially for women:

My ferritin cratered at month 6 from reduced dietary intake. Iron bisglycinate 36mg with vitamin C brought it back up. Don't wait for anemia symptoms — test proactively.

A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:

Did your prescriber agree with that reading, and if not what was their objection?

josh_phd_bmore said:

Iron studies on micronutrients — important especially for women: Marker Baseline Month 6 After Supplementation Ferritin 58 21 58 Iron 88 63 91 TIBC…

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not. That is answerable; arguing about which sounds more plausible is not.

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

Late follow-up. I did not do what was suggested, I did something adjacent, and it worked; posting the difference in case it matters to somebody.

Dr.GutHealth said:

If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.

Agreed, with the usual condition: that holds for the average and this board is a collection of individuals. A population claim and a personal prediction are different things and get quoted interchangeably.

If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.