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Iron versus diabetes type 2

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sugarfeast

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Location
South west
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
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Gyms
Hello all, recently was given a reduced cost gym membership vis my GP who suggested that attending the gym two or three times a week would help my HbA1c levels. Indeed it did dramatically. It is now less than 48 which is a massive change from 63-65.
However my gym attendance also made me extremely tied and out of breath during the excecise bike and tread mill to the point where I had to stop after a few minutes. Then continue at a slower pace ok you may think at 71 should that surprise me yes actually because there were a number of guys holder than myself at the gym finding it much easier.
Thus was the status quo, until reading recently a write up about iron being an enhancer of oxygen carrying capabilities of the red blood cells.
Interested with this statement and giving this supplement a try for a month finding the effect was really surprising and now take this supplement daily, tablets also contain vitamins their trade name is Feroglobin.
This may not work for you please check with your GP or diabetic nurse before trying this Med.
if there is anyone out there who has heard that it is not good to take iron please let me know.
 
Hi,

We had an interesting discussion about this on another thread recently. I will try and find it and link to it.

Iron seems to play a very important role for diabetes, in that low iron (anaemia) can affect the HbA1c result. Might be worth you discussing that with your doc, since another test is available for people with anaemia.

But too much iron can also be a problem, so you might want to ask your doc to check you are on the right dosage, and not getting to high.

There is even a form of diabetes caused by (I think) Haemachromatosis which is where a genetic variation causes high iron, and eventual organ damage leading to diabetes. The Wikkipedia article on it is a good basic intro.

So I suppose what I am saying is that it is brilliant to correct your anaemia, but don't go overboard and have excess iron. It is a bit like Goldilocks and the three bears :), not too much, nor too little, but just enough is perfect. :D

Here is that thread link I mentioned.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/thr...-effect-on-hba1c-results.112183/#post-1316844
 
Hello @sugarfeast - I'm pleased to say I've not had any issues with my iron levels so have nothing startling to add, but my post will bring your own back to the top of the list for replies as folks come and go from the forum.

Welcome aboard.
 
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