Frequent Blood Donations = Iron Deficiency

[Mr.BB]

Anyone use Grapefruit to lower hematocrit levels? The ingredient naringin is supposed to "lead to phagocytosis, which is a process that naturally removes red blood cells from your blood, converting them into other uses"

Yerba Mate tea also supposed to help (anedoctal evidence).

Thinking out of the box... Is everything allright with your breathing? Do you breath normally through your nose, without needing to breath through your mouth?

Pretty sure you dont smoke, right?

Hows your cardio?

[Lockout888]

Thinking out of the box... Is everything allright with your breathing? Do you breath normally through your nose, without needing to breath through your mouth?
Pretty sure you dont smoke, right?
Hows your cardio?

Yeah, breathing through my nose is fine.
I don't smoke.
Cardio was really bad before I found out about my iron deficiency. I got tired easily, a lot of sweat, no endurance etc.
Starting about 3 weeks ago, cardio got a lot better. After 30 min on the elliptical at 150 pulse rate, I'm not even tired and not sweating as much.