Pragma Journal
"Normal" is a statistical range, not a personal target. A plain-English guide to reading the labs that matter most for women (ferritin, vitamin D, thyroid, B12, metabolic markers) and the difference between normal and optimal.
Whitney Brooke Isola, MBA, RDN · · 5 min read
The postpartum visit covers a lot in fifteen minutes. Micronutrient depletion (iron, B12, D, omega-3, choline, iodine) often isn't on the list. What to know.
Samantha Peebles, DCN, RDN · · 2 min read
A vitamin D of 31 ng/mL is "normal." So is 75. Those are not the same situation. How to read your result and what the evidence says about where to aim.
Samantha Peebles, DCN, RDN · · 2 min read
Ferritin of 15 passes the lab range. It can still come with exhaustion, hair shedding, and brain fog. What ferritin measures and where the functional threshold sits.
Whitney Brooke Isola, MBA, RDN · · 2 min read