As someone who has been told I'm anemic/ iron deficient my whole life I would like to share a little (un)known fact that changed my life...
anemia itself doesn’t result from lack of iron..
it’s lack of bioavailable (usable) copper and retinol (real Vitamin A)

Anemia is pretty much near impossible on a planet in which iron is the 4th most abundant mineral. Ever since iron filings were added to the food system in 1941, there’s been a 380% increase in iron in our food.

Yet our bodies have a sophisticated recycling system called the Reticuloendothelial System (RES). While the RDA for iron is 8+ mg for adult males and 18+ mg for adult females, our RES can recycle 24 mg per day all by itself.

While iron gets all the credit for helping with energy production, it’s really just a carrier. It’s actually copper that activates oxygen to create energy. Guess what? The #1 nutrient deficiency on farms has been copper for the last 50 years. We're not getting much.

“But my ferritin is low!” Conventional medicine uses ferritin as a marker for iron status, but this approach is inaccurate because it measures iron storage in the blood. It’s really an inflammatory disease marker, as ferritin is mainly a leakage product from damaged cells.

Anemia is defined as “iron deficiency in the blood.” It should really be “iron accumulation in the tissues.” Without bioavailable copper to keep iron in check, the body tries to store iron in the tissues (organs and muscles), but this causes oxidative damage and hypoxia (suffocation). Excess iron is extremely toxic and can be linked to virtually every disease.

Then why are we copper deficient? Things like glyphosate (Roundup), HFCS, medications, ascorbic acid, zeolite, fluoride, silver, zinc, iron + fortification, and more ALL chelate (kill) or suppress copper.

So how can we boost our copper to free up and get rid of excess iron?
-Consume copper rich foods, such as grass-fed beef liver, oysters, chlorophyll, and Vitamin C-rich foods (real Vitamin C contains copper!)

-Consume retinol-rich foods, such as grass-fed beef liver (or beef live capsules if you can't stand beef liver) high quality/clean dairy products
(retinol is required to activate copper!)
eggs, meat, fish

-Ditch your Vitamin D & iron supplements, which block retinol & deplete Magnesium

-Donate blood a few times a year to kickstart your iron recycling system (RES)
-4 times per year for men & 2 times per year for menstruating women.

- Up Magnesium Malate & Magnesium Glycinate to aid in proper enzymatic transaction.

After being told I'm anemic my whole life & never getting better with iron supplements I finally ditched the iron, upped my copper, retinol & magnesium & I'm no longer anemic, my lab numbers are perfect & my anemia symptoms are gone!

Kourtney Lewis