Hypothetical Iron Question

[moss]

That's great VoS, thanks!

 

[johns74]

Thanks jyb -- what I want to know is whether a person would die without any iron stores at all. The reason I'm asking is because my iron (ferritin) is at like, 4, and my total iron binding capacity is 512 out of 450 or something ( overcapacity to store iron). My hemoglobin, though, is 10.9, not too shabby for a person with incredibly low stores. My iron stores have not been correctible but I did have a slight rise in hemoglobin when I was eating purely Peat.?

Another interesting number is the transferrin saturation or TSAT.