I have anemia due to how I changed my diet
britmom
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It seems I cut out too much iron when I changed my diet. I developed anemia, and it's super hard to stay motivated. I need advice on what I can add easily and cheaply that is also kid friendly. I eat alot of salads for dinner, lots of fiber but not iron. I'd like to add baby spinach to them but it's expensive. Any suggestions?
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Iron supplements they sale for around $10-15
I am sure your doctor can prescribe you iron supplements as well0 -
I was so anemic this past summer that I was passing out. Then I added spinach in to my diet along with taking prescribed supplements. The liquid iron was only about $12/bottle. And the spinach I can buy a weeks worth for about $4-$6. That's less than a dollar a day. I say it's worth it. Maybe it's more expensive where you are at though. I no longer have to take the supplement and just make sure I keep eating spinach! I actually make it into a smoothie most days.
Red meat is high in iron, as are shrimp, liver, bran flakes, special K, lentils, some nuts, kidney beans, and soya beans.
Hope this helps you some.0 -
Following is a list of foods that are high in iron which provide 8 mg or more of iron per 100 g of the food.
Excellent Sources Good Sources
Enriched breakfast cereals
Cooked beans and lentils
Pumpkin seeds
Blackstrap Molasses
Canned beans
Baked potato with skin
Enriched pasta
Canned asparagus0 -
Any suggestions?
Red meat!0 -
Spinach, because of it's oxalate content, isn't quite the amazing source of iron it can seem. Other things can interfere with iron absorbtion too, like tannins (which particularly upsets this tea addict!).
Vitamin C aids the absorbtion of nonheme iron (ie all iron from plants and about half of the iron in meat, iirc) though. With a little planning, you might be able to boost your absorbtion without making too many radical changes0 -
Thanks for starting this topic. The same thing happened to me!
I have been taking an iron supplement each night before I go to bed, and now I think I'll try adding some vitamin c in with that. It has been working, my last blood tests came back normal.
I didn't know that about spinach....I eat about a cup of baby spinach in a salad most days and I thought it was a good source of iron...
I better stick to adding in more lean red meat.0 -
Add beans back in- cheap and SO healthy. You can food process them to mush and sneek them into things if you have to for kids. But most kids don't mind white or pinto beans at least.0
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