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So I started looking at the food I eat and came to find out my diet is severely low in foods that provide iron. Ironically, or not, I went out with my little pal, my dog later that day and fell face down in the snow. Soft landing. Today, I went out with my little pal my dog and slipped on the ice and fell on my backside. Very hard landing. So, besides taking iron and vitamin supplements, I am thinking my best bet is fortified cereal. If you get the right kind it has even more than a daily dosage of it and its sweet and easy. I just can't get myself to eat a bunch of meat these days. Anybody got any good ideas? No, I am not meaning a bullet in the brain!
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What did your doctor say? Is your iron low enough that you need liquid supplements to get the levels up, or is it just barely low and you can just kind of work on a better diet?
And I'm sorry - maybe I missed it - is there a correlation between your low iron levels and falling in the snow?
What did your doctor say? Is your iron low enough that you need liquid supplements to get the levels up, or is it just barely low and you can just kind of work on a better diet?
And I'm sorry - maybe I missed it - is there a correlation between your low iron levels and falling in the snow?
No a big meat eater? No problem! Dark chocolate has iron. Also, strawberries and most nuts. I'm thinking an ice cream sundae with dark chocolate might just do the trick. Unless, of course, you're just dying to have some liver.
Don't forget cooking in cast iron (if you are able, I know the pans are heavy). My iron levels are OK when I use cast iron; the times I am without it, iron levels go down.
Don't forget cooking in cast iron (if you are able, I know the pans are heavy). My iron levels are OK when I use cast iron; the times I am without it, iron levels go down.
This is a great suggestion. I'm post-menopausal but borderline low iron used to be an issue. I'm practically vegetarian but now they LOVE my hemoglobin levels at the blood bank and I'm sure it helps that I do all my cooking in cast iron. My diet includes a lot of beans and veggies, too.
So I started looking at the food I eat and came to find out my diet is severely low in foods that provide iron. Ironically, or not, I went out with my little pal, my dog later that day and fell face down in the snow. Soft landing. Today, I went out with my little pal my dog and slipped on the ice and fell on my backside. Very hard landing. So, besides taking iron and vitamin supplements, I am thinking my best bet is fortified cereal. If you get the right kind it has even more than a daily dosage of it and its sweet and easy. I just can't get myself to eat a bunch of meat these days. Anybody got any good ideas? No, I am not meaning a bullet in the brain!
You need to get your levels checked. I thought my issue was iron but it's vitamin D.
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