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“Your Thyroid is Fine”…But is it Really?
Steph LoweNovember 29, 2021
“Your Thyroid is Fine”…But is it Really?
Have you been told “your thyroid is fine” when: * You have only had thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) tested? * Your TSH is 2.0 mIU/L? * You haven’t tested free...
Ready to Relieve PMS?
Steph LoweNovember 26, 2021
Ready to Relieve PMS?
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) – we know it’s common, but that doesn’t make it normal. It pains me to know that as much as 85% of menstruating women report having one...
Your Guide to Gut Health Testing
Steph LoweOctober 11, 2021
Your Guide to Gut Health Testing
As Hippocrates once said, “All disease begins in the gut”. At The Natural Nutritionist, we believe the equal and opposite to be true, which is that all good health begins...
Group B Strep – Assess Your Risk to Make an Informed Decision
Bianca StuurmanOctober 7, 2021
Group B Strep – Assess Your Risk to Make an Informed Decision
Streptococcus Agalactiae, more commonly known as Group B strep (GBS) is a type of bacteria that pregnant women are screened for during the later stages of their pregnancy. In Australia,...
Making Sense of Menopause – Part 2
Steph LoweOctober 7, 2021
Making Sense of Menopause – Part 2
The peri and post-menopausal phases are times of change in the life of a female. Just like puberty, hormones are doing their thing and it’s important for women to learn...
Why I Consumed My Placenta
Steph LoweSeptember 9, 2021
Why I Consumed My Placenta
I hope my story shows you just one example of what birth can be like. While we all walk different paths, I truly believe that one of the most important...
Making Sense of Menopause – Part 1
Steph LoweAugust 31, 2021
Making Sense of Menopause – Part 1
It’s inevitable, all women who live beyond the age of 55 will experience menopause. Yet, what I observe in clinic is that many women fear it, so let’s break down...
Is the Pregnancy Foods to Avoid List Robbing You of Important Nutrients?
Bianca StuurmanAugust 24, 2021
Is the Pregnancy Foods to Avoid List Robbing You of Important Nutrients?
Ladies, growing a tiny human in our bellies requires a lot of nutrients! These building blocks like fat soluble vitamins, amino acids, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals literally help...
Rose’s Birth Story
Steph LoweAugust 10, 2021
Rose’s Birth Story
I hope my story shows you just one example of what birth can be like. While we all walk different paths, I truly believe that one of the most important...

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I am a true women’s health advocate and strongly believe our greatest assets are to understand our body, to use our symptoms to guide inquiry and to gain the knowledge and support required to create true health, not just the absence of disease.

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On 1 September 2026, the US FDA added a Boxed Warning, its highest safety alert, to ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject) for symptomatic hypophosphataemia (dangerously low phosphate).
In short: this infusion can raise a hormone called FGF23, which tells your kidneys to dump phosphate.
Here’s the kicker. Low phosphate looks like low iron: fatigue, weakness, breathlessness, headaches. If you still feel flat after your infusion, the infusion may not have “failed.” Your phosphate may have crashed. In severe or prolonged cases, low phosphate can cause bone pain, muscle weakness, osteomalacia (soft bones) and fractures.
Everyone assumes I’m anti-infusion. I’m not. But true iron deficiency anaemia must be confirmed first. The right product chosen. The right dose determined. And every potential side effect discussed.
IV iron is brilliant when oral iron hasn’t worked or can’t be tolerated. But before you book one:
✔️ Ask which formulation you’re getting. Ferinject isn’t the only option, and ferric derisomaltose (Monofer) causes low phosphate far less often.
✔️ Ask for phosphate testing, especially if you’ve had a repeat infusion within 3 months.
✔️ Get FBE/CBC, CRP and full iron studies, never ferritin alone. 
✔️ And as always, figure out WHY you’re low in the first place.
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    Infusions aren’t the safety net you’ve been told t Infusions aren’t the safety net you’ve been told they are, and what your hepcidin does afterward is the part nobody explains.
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    Your iron protocol has a gap. It’s not the iron. Your iron protocol has a gap. It’s not the iron.
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