Has anyone dealt with ferritin and iron studies on glp-1?

kim_atl_prep 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:

What did you change at the same time, and can you separate the two now?

PeptideChemSF said:

Iron studies on micronutrients — important especially for women: Marker Baseline Month 6 After Supplementation Ferritin 68 21 53 Iron 98 58 81 TIBC…

Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. Take it one variable at a time. Almost every unanswerable question in these threads is unanswerable because three things changed in the same fortnight, and no amount of subsequent argument can untangle them after the fact.

Reporting back.

Update — I was wrong in the opening post, specifically about the direction. Correcting it here rather than editing it away.

ingrid_STO said:

Almost every unanswerable question in these threads is unanswerable because three things changed in the same fortnight, and no amount of subsequent…

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.