First, all that training breaks down red blood cells, and monthly periods add extra iron loss—so female athletes have to fight a double drain. Coaches should worry if ferritin drops below 30 ng/mL, even if haemoglobin seems normal. But listen, I see this differently from my night-shift life: my female cycling friends in Raipur who do hard labour *and* train on empty stomachs show me that stress and poor nutrition are bigger villains than just training. My own 3 AM dinner of cheap eggs is my fight for iron, because sometimes the science misses the real war—it's not just the sport, it's the survival around it.
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