There was a time in my life that I was feeling very tired all the time. I wasn't sure what was wrong with me so I made a visit to the doctor's office. After the doctor gave me a physical and a blood test he concluded that I had an iron deficiency. Iron deficiency is a common type of deficiency that many people have and don't even know about. Iron deficiency can be a caused from numerous things. Some examples are a poor diet, blood loss such as during menstrual periods, use of certain types of medication and disease. For me it was a poor diet that didn't include iron types of foods and a lot of blood loss during my period.
For each person the symptoms for iron deficiency can be different. However common symptoms are fatigue, pale skin, throat irritation, chipped fingernails and poor strength. I know if …