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CBC blood test resuslts Hemoglobin levels

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With Hemoglobin of 12.6 g/dl you are anemic, and with ferritin of 68 it will take way over one month to get it up to the ideal diving level of 300.
 
This is an old thread but still interesting. For posterity here's my contribution: I just had a blood test done as part of a check-up, hematocrit was 49%, fully hydrated. The nurse said my RBC was very high as well but I forget what it was. I don't have any other basis for comparison as far the hematocrit level.

I am currently spearing once or twice a week, and if I only get in the ocean once during a week I try and do 15-25 minutes of apnea bike, so basically I'm training twice a week, which seems to be just enough to maintain apnea performance on a subjective level. On most non diving/apnea days though I go to the gym though and do resistance training and frequently interval cardio. Diet-wise I eat very healthly--lots of protein, not much alcohol, whole foods, amino acid supplements, and two or three times a week I take an iron supplement (Schiff Women's Health, 18mg iron+).
 
You need more than iron though. To build blood and myoglobin you need:
- Iron (54 mg per day)
- B12 (sublingual methylcobalamin 5000mcg once per day)
- Folic acid (5000mcg per day)
- B6 (50mg+ per day)
- Vitamin C (500mg+ per day)
[another excellent supplement is to take dessicated liver tablets at the same time as your iron tablets, it increases absorption]

Hi Eric. I am a little bit confused about the supplement of B12. Are you sure we are talking about 5000 mcg and not about 5 mcg per day?
Thank you.
Alan
 
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