How to make regular cheerios taste good?
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Then why are you not taking the chewables and be done with the whole mess?0
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BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »Using the same powers of google that you possess, I was able to pull up a whole host of strategies for preventing the dental staining.
If it's so easy to prevent the dental staining, I wouldn't have had 2 doctors and my orthodontist tell me not to take it. The 2 doctors recommended chewables. One said, "Trust me, you don't wanna take liquid iron." And my orthodontist told me, "Why would you want to take a supplement? Just eat foods rich in iron."
BUT YOU WON'T EAT THEM!
Do these doctors know about your issues with food?
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BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »Patient: Can barely get out of bed or sit up
Doctor: Don't take what you need, honey, it will stain your teeth, have some Cheerios instead.
That's not what the doctor said. She said to take Flintstones chewables.
So take flintstones chewables and go on your merry way? Why all this nonsense with cheerios?0 -
BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »Using the same powers of google that you possess, I was able to pull up a whole host of strategies for preventing the dental staining.
If it's so easy to prevent the dental staining, I wouldn't have had 2 doctors and my orthodontist tell me not to take it. The 2 doctors recommended chewables. One said, "Trust me, you don't wanna take liquid iron." And my orthodontist told me, "Why would you want to take a supplement? Just eat foods rich in iron."
By which she only meant plain Cheerios. With sugar, but no milk.
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BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »
That’s what you would think although I'd have to ask a nutritionist to be sure since there seems to be something specific about red meat. I believe that’s why I could breathe better that day and felt so much better the next couple of days. I ate such a large amount of it, it was probably equivalent to eating red meat. A teenager might have this issue but anemia results from years and years of having your period and not enough iron in the diet so a 13 year old would be a lot less likely to have this than an adult. You make a very good point! That does make sense, it’s just that I have severe anxiety so that’s why I struggle to just power through it.
If menstruation is causing your severe anemia, you might consider hormonal birth control.
I'm not taking birth control. Those have side effects way worse than any iron supplement. My periods aren't even heavy, they're moderate. I don't need birth control. I need to eat more iron rich foods.
If they're moderate, you can't blame menstruation.
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BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »Patient: Can barely get out of bed or sit up
Doctor: Don't take what you need, honey, it will stain your teeth, have some Cheerios instead.
That's not what the doctor said. She said to take Flintstones chewables.
So why aren't you taking them? Why are you asking about Cheerios?
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BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »Stop. It is not going to make or break your blood hemoglobin to eat one kind of cereal over another.
Add more iron-rich foods to your diet AS A WHOLE and stop picking over minor things. Eat a spinach salad and steak for dinner. Have Broccoli and Hummus for a snack. Eat lots and lots of clams, mussels, and oysters (gram for gram, these are the foods richest in bioavailable iron) and instead of snacking on just dried cereal, add some pumpkin seeds and nuts, both of which are very rich in iron.
And, honestly, if you are so anemic that you can't stand up to get dressed? Your doctor should have prescribed you a supplement immediately. That's very extreme.
Yeah, I missed that. We are not being told the whole story here and it's pretty obvious that the OP either needs to go get real help or she is a minor. Either way she's not being honest here.
Seriously. There is something more going on. My kids are horrible picky eaters. I confess. Their father rubbed off on them. He's a picky eater too. Neither of them them have nutritional deficiencies. Let alone to this point.
OP has to have some SERIOUS issues to be so ill that she can't stand up.
I was also really picky growing up, no nutritional deficiencies.
So I'm guessing OP is under-eating, and could also be under-age since there seems to be a handful of responses here linking excessive pickiness with youth.
You're wrong on both accounts. I am an adult and I am not undereating as I said the first time.
If one more accusation about my age comes up or another accusation about me undereating, I am reporting you to the moderator.
I'm asking politely please do not bring either of these up again. I'm sick of hearing it and I'm sick of this abuse.
Are you underage?
NO I am not.
Are you undereating?
NO I am not.
Asked and answered.
Just for fun, what would you expect to happen?
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That was so ironic I got scared for a moment. Like we hit some kind of max irony limit and the planet was about to implode.
I feel, reading this thread, like I may have entered an alternate dimension. Maybe one where irony has no meaning, and cheerios are the best possible source of iron...
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BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »
That’s what you would think although I'd have to ask a nutritionist to be sure since there seems to be something specific about red meat. I believe that’s why I could breathe better that day and felt so much better the next couple of days. I ate such a large amount of it, it was probably equivalent to eating red meat. A teenager might have this issue but anemia results from years and years of having your period and not enough iron in the diet so a 13 year old would be a lot less likely to have this than an adult. You make a very good point! That does make sense, it’s just that I have severe anxiety so that’s why I struggle to just power through it.
If menstruation is causing your severe anemia, you might consider hormonal birth control.
I'm not taking birth control. Those have side effects way worse than any iron supplement. My periods aren't even heavy, they're moderate. I don't need birth control. I need to eat more iron rich foods.
Then your periods have nothing to do with anemia, contrary to what you claimed.0 -
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That was so ironic I got scared for a moment. Like we hit some kind of max irony limit and the planet was about to implode.
I feel, reading this thread, like I may have entered an alternate dimension. Maybe one where irony has no meaning, and cheerios are the best possible source of iron...
I feel like I'm about two posts away from banging my head on my desk.
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I really wish it was a troll thread. Then we could just sit back in awe at the near-perfect trolling and the world would make sense again. OP, please tell us you are trolling and save our collective sanity.
That was so ironic I got scared for a moment. Like we hit some kind of max irony limit and the planet was about to implode.
I feel, reading this thread, like I may have entered an alternate dimension. Maybe one where irony has no meaning, and cheerios are the best possible source of iron...
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BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »I've literally spent an hour on my computer answering replies. They keep coming faster than I can type. This is getting ridiculous.
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That was so ironic I got scared for a moment. Like we hit some kind of max irony limit and the planet was about to implode.
I feel, reading this thread, like I may have entered an alternate dimension. Maybe one where irony has no meaning, and cheerios are the best possible source of iron...
if only the OP was more ironic....amirite?
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skullshank wrote: »
That was so ironic I got scared for a moment. Like we hit some kind of max irony limit and the planet was about to implode.
I feel, reading this thread, like I may have entered an alternate dimension. Maybe one where irony has no meaning, and cheerios are the best possible source of iron...
if only the OP was more ironic....amirite?
A little too ironic, yeah I really do think...
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BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »I've been taking liquid iron supplements almost daily for ten years, and never had my dentist or a doctor comment on me having or being at risk of stained teeth. Even if I had noticed that, I'd take that over fainting in public places, getting dizzy climbing stairs, and feeling so tired all the time I wanted to cry.
You got lucky but liquid iron is well known for staining teeth and does stain teeth. I am a young adult and there is no way I'm gonna let my teeth be ruined. In addition, I simply don't want to take liquid iron. If I'm gonna take any supplement, it's going to be a chewable vitamin with iron. I do not want to take liquid iron and it's not happening.
And look at that. You had symptoms similar to what I'm having. Yet people say something is seriously wrong that I feel like I'm gonna pass out while I get dressed.
Because if you are that anaemic, and your anxiety about supplements/vitamins are preventing you from rectifying the situation effectively and swiftly, something IS seriously wrong. Cheerios are not the answer to a serious iron deficiency.0 -
BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »SconnieCat wrote: »BlondeBeauty5 wrote: »
Stop. It is not going to make or break your blood hemoglobin to eat one kind of cereal over another.
Add more iron-rich foods to your diet AS A WHOLE and stop picking over minor things. Eat a spinach salad and steak for dinner. Have Broccoli and Hummus for a snack. Eat lots and lots of clams, mussels, and oysters (gram for gram, these are the foods richest in bioavailable iron) and instead of snacking on just dried cereal, add some pumpkin seeds and nuts, both of which are very rich in iron.
And, honestly, if you are so anemic that you can't stand up to get dressed? Your doctor should have prescribed you a supplement immediately. That's very extreme.
Yeah, I missed that. We are not being told the whole story here and it's pretty obvious that the OP either needs to go get real help or she is a minor. Either way she's not being honest here.
Honestly I've had enough of you making rude comments and accusing me of stuff that is not true. I may be blunt but I'm looking for actual advice here. Not comments like these. I have told you the whole story and I am not a minor. Be nice or please leave.
Yeah that's not how forums work.... you're going to get the good AND the bad OP.
IMO, what MrM said wasn't rude. He was responding to something someone else said. If you're going to find THAT much fault with what he said.... you're going to have a bad time.
People are trying to help. There have been 10 pages of people offering suggestions, asking questions, and yes...occasionally being snarky. Overall, people haven't meant to be mean. People are asking questions, offering suggestions, and questioning things as a means to help. To get more information. To get you to ask questions of your doctor, to think about things, etc. But you know what? Every single suggestion that has been offered to you has been shot down.
And now you're coming here crying foul and telling people to be nice?
Really... why are you here? Why are you posting? And what exactly do you want?
There have been some people who are trying to help and have offered good suggestions and foods rich in iron. But there are lots of people who keep attacking me referring to my age and how I have issues and stuff like that. Accusing people of lying over and over after they've already stated they aren't lying is attacking them. Isn't there a rule on this board about no personal attacks? A lot of people are breaking the rules.
I haven't shot down every single suggestion. The Multigrain Cheerios was suggested and I'm going to buy them and try them. I am posting cause of this severe iron deficiency that I have and I need to raise it with the quickness without supplements and with food I like. That's what I'm looking for.
I had an iron deficiency and my doctor prescribed supplements. This is probably a repeated question, but I am avoiding scrolling through pages of replies. Why won't you take supplements?
And if you're looking for food you like, why would you want to make something you don't like taste good? Just find a different food.0 -
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Man I got to the bottom of page two- couldn't take it.
Just take an iron pill.0 -
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