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‘Ferritin face’: can you really diagnose low iron from a selfie? – podcast

The Guardian‘Ferritin face’: can you really diagnose low iron from a selfie? – podcast
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Social media is awash with claims iron deficiency can be identified in the mirror by dark circles, breaking hair and dry skin. But is ‘ferritin face’ real? Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample why so many of us struggle to keep our iron levels up, how we can…

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