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A plain-language guide to iron deficiency without anaemia: why a normal blood count can miss low iron stores, the ferritin test to ask for, why it makes you tired, unexpected signs, what drains iron, its look-alikes and how to refill your stores safely with your doctor.

A plain-language guide to magnesium for period cramps and PMS: what the trials found, how much magnesium to take, the best magnesium for PMS, when in your cycle to start, magnesium with vitamin B6 and calcium, heat and ginger, Indian foods and when to see a doctor.

A plain-language guide to the ferritin test: the ferritin normal range, normal ferritin levels for women, men and pregnancy under the 2026 cut-offs, what low ferritin means, its symptoms and causes, and how to raise ferritin safely with your doctor.

Vitamin D cannot work alone: the enzymes that switch it on appear to need magnesium. This guide explains how magnesium and vitamin D help each other, what the magnesium glycinate trials found, why it matters in India, whether to take magnesium with vitamin D and the best time to take both.

What makes the best multivitamin in India? This guide explains why a daily multivitamin helps, the nutrient gaps most common in India, which vitamin forms your body uses best, how needs differ for men and women, whether daily use is safe, and a six-step checklist for choosing one.

A vegetarian Indian diet has a few predictable gaps: vitamin B12 above all, then vitamin D, iron, zinc and omega-3 DHA. This guide covers the Indian research, vegetarian vitamin D3 from lichen, the vitamin forms that suit vegetarians, what vegetarian men need and how to choose a truly vegetarian multivitamin.

Vitamin B6 deficiency hides behind tiredness, cracked lips, low mood and tingling feet. This guide covers the symptoms, who is most at risk in India (including people on TB treatment), the B6-rich Indian foods that prevent it, how much you need and why too much B6 is also harmful.

Your muscles need magnesium to relax after every contraction, and in a 10-day trial of gym-goers, magnesium glycinate reduced soreness after heavy lifting. Here is what the research shows, which form to choose, how much to take and when.

EVO HOMINUS™ × Nutrition Science Hub · Magnesium Magnesium and medicines:acid reducers, diuretics, antibiotics, thyroid. Magnesium drug interactions come in two kinds. Some medicines, such as long-term acid reducers and certain water pills, lower the magnesium in your body. Others, such as thyroid tablets and some antibiotics, simply need to be taken a few hours … Read more

ICMR-NIN 2020 sets an Indian woman’s iron need at 29 mg a day, up from 21 mg. Here is what that means, why it is higher than the US figure, how needs change through teenage years, pregnancy, breastfeeding and after 60, the upper limit and how to reach it.