Is It Really Low Iron? with Michael Rutherford
Healthful Pursuit Podcast
Leanne Vogel
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Think you're iron deficient? You might be… but not for the reasons you think. In this replay episode, I sit down with Functional Nutritionist Michael, who breaks down what your iron markers really mean. We talk through the common missteps in diagnosing iron deficiency, the role of copper, vitamin A, and adrenal function, and when hormone imbalances are actually the root cause of your fatigue.
Plus, we unpack when organ supplements help, when they don't, and how to dig deeper if your labs look normal but you still feel off.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back. I hope you're enjoying your August. I know a lot of kiddos are back to school |
| 0:06.2 | and things are getting in gear again. I hope you had a great summer. I am so looking forward to fall. |
| 0:12.4 | In fact, just in a couple of days, I'm flying over to Victoria on Vancouver Island in Canada, |
| 0:19.3 | and I am getting to see my sister get married. |
| 0:23.0 | If you missed it, back in 2020, |
| 0:25.7 | she had her first wedding scheduled. |
| 0:27.9 | And of course, |
| 0:28.4 | 2020 weddings, |
| 0:29.6 | they all got delayed. |
| 0:31.1 | And then later, |
| 0:32.5 | August 2020, |
| 0:33.8 | we decided to rebook. |
| 0:35.1 | That got canceled. |
| 0:36.1 | 2021. |
| 0:36.8 | That got canceled. So she she finally said we are not getting |
| 0:40.1 | married and I was so thrilled when she reached out and said okay okay we're going to try this again |
| 0:46.8 | so wish us luck pray for us I'm so ready to watch my sister getting married. So today is a replay episode that I did with my friend Michael Rutherford a little while ago. |
| 1:01.3 | We talked about iron use. |
| 1:04.1 | It's a good one. |
| 1:04.9 | We're talking about anemia's true iron deficiency, what it looks like, why we could be diagnosed with iron anemia when it has |
| 1:14.1 | nothing to do with iron anemia. We can have an actual anemia or a lack of usable iron, |
| 1:21.9 | usually due to anemia's with copper, vitamin A, adrenal issues. And so oftentimes I do see this, |
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