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Effects · health adverse

Anemia

Decrease in hemoglobin and/or red blood cell levels in the blood below normal, leading to impaired oxygen transport. Can be caused by supplements that interfere with the absorption of iron, vitamin B12, or folic acid, or cause hemolysis (red blood cell destruction). Manifests as weakness, fatigue, paleness, shortness of breath.

Supplements
3
Practices
5
Habits
7
How we rate evidence

Probability — how likely the effect is to show up

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Evidence — where the data comes from

  • Scientific Meta-analyses and randomized trials
  • Clinical Clinical trials and practice
  • Animal research Animal studies
  • People reports User reports and anecdotes
  • Theoretical Mechanistic reasoning, not yet tested

Reported as a side effect of (15)

Probability Medium 2 Low 13
Evidence Clinical 10 Theoretical 5

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