Iron is one of those minerals that is probably the most abundant mineral on earth.

So if it's the most abundant mineral on earth, how is it that we're so deficient in it?

So this is not a deficiency as much as it's about a dysfunction of the iron, which is kind of like the topic of today and how that actually impacts athletic performance.

And even women who are in their mid stages of life are lifting weights.

And for some reason, their post-workout recovery is so poor.

And so that ends up killing consistency.

And then a lot of women that I've worked with just end up shaming and judging themselves and going,

oh, I just, I can't stay on a plan.

And it's not

necessarily them that's the problem. It isn't about being perfect. It's about being better.

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Hey, buddies, welcome back to another episode of Better with Dr. Stephanie. It's me your host, Dr.

Stephanie Estima.

I have with me a longtime friend and colleague Melissa Ramos on the show today. And I wanted to bring her on because number one, I admire her. I think she takes a very similar approach to

healthcare that I do. She really does like to look holistically at the

individual rather than just, oh, you have this deficiency, take the supplement, right? She really

looks at the difference between deficiency versus dysfunction, and she talks about that in our

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