[Angelos]

Hi all!

I have read some opinions about how higher athletes’ iron or ferritin blood values should be but I have never seen anything about other blood values.

Are there any normalized physiological values for endurance athletes, except the ones mentioned above?

I had recently a blood test and I see that although my results are physiological they tend to lean towards bottom limits. I would love to know if I should focus on increasing some of them in order to prevent worse scenarios.

Thank you in advance for help and recommendations!

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[Thomas Summer, MD]

Thomas Summer, MD on July 10, 2021 at 4:01 am #55615

Hi!

There are some things to consider for athletes, but overall blood values can be quite individual and depending on a lot of things. And most of them are not different from non-athletes.
Also with ferritin it’s not the higher the better.

I would recommend discussing your values with your physician, who knows you.

If you have any specific questions I hope I/we can answer them.

lg!
Thomas

[Angelos]

Angelos on July 11, 2021 at 10:46 am #55647

Thank you very much Thomas!