when your body is under a high degree of oxidation and inflammation or during an infection, lactoferrin helps bring the iron from your blood into the cells where it gets stored in the ferritin.
Lactoferrin is unique since it picks up iron under acidic conditions produced at sites of infections.
lactoferrin is so good at harvesting and modulating iron that it increases hemoglobin even better than iron supplements
https://journals.lww.com/egjh/fulltext/2025/07000/effect_of_lactoferrin_therapy_on_interleukin_6,.34.aspx
Colostrum and whey protein are the best sources of lactoferrin
