Did you know anaemia may be caused by parasite infections?

Typically, when you're diagnosed anemia, you're told you need iron.

However, that is far from true.

Anaemia can be due to several other things than iron deficiency - and many will also discover by further testing that their iron is actually quite normal, despite the fact that they have been diagnosed with anaemia. Iron is one of the minerals you certainly don't just want to take “just in case” - there are as many negative aspects of too much iron as too low.

New figures from the CDC reflect that over 50 % of us carry parasite infections.

Can you test for that? Not currently no - the available laboratory testing for parasites are useless as they are extremely inaccurate, so don’t waste your money or time on that.

If you have traveled in India, Asia, Africa or regularly eat sushi, like your steaks rare, have pets - and if you have never taken been on a parasite cleanse, you can count on that yes, you have parasites. And if you have any of the symptoms (skin rash, constipation, anaemia, various digestive disorders) that can typically be linked to these unesthetic crawlers, then it's very simply a matter of just start treating them - because the question is generally not whether we have them, but to how much we are burdened by them. Yes, it's super gross, but only more gross is not doing anything about it.

Reference:

Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2007;16(4):716-23. Anemia and intestinal parasite infection in school children in rural Vietnam. Le HT