VEGALYSIS

Blood count

Mean corpuscular Hb concentration (MCHC) — optimal range for vegans & vegetarians

Hemoglobin concentration within red cells.

Optimal range

33–36 g/dL

How a value is read

Deficient< 32 g/dL
Below optimal32 – 33 g/dL
Optimal33 – 36 g/dL
Above optimal36 – 37 g/dL
Markedly high> 37 g/dL

Bands are given in the marker's canonical unit; values in other units are converted automatically.

Why it matters on a plant-based diet

Low MCHC is typical of iron-deficiency anemia.

A single marker decides nothing

Deficiencies mask one another: high folate hides low B12, inflammation inflates ferritin, low zinc mimics iron deficiency. VEGALYSIS reads the whole picture and explains the links.

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Units

  • g/dL
  • g/L× 0.1 → g/dL

VEGALYSIS accepts any of these units and converts the value to the canonical one.

Names seen on lab reports

mchc · mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration · средняя концентрация гемоглобина

Sources

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Educational material; not a substitute for a clinician's advice.