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treeniemarie
treeniemarie Posts: 40 Member
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Was called by my specialist who told me my Iron and Vit D is way toooo low. Dangerously low to the point I am getting shots. Now time is already an issue with me, and I am taking the upper in vits like they told me too, but any suggestions on foods that would help raise both and that are healthy I am sooooo open too, lol

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  • charlottebronte
    charlottebronte Posts: 88
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    Spinach and milk
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
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    http://www.ehow.com/about_5452561_foods-high-vitamin-iron.html
  • dasskinny
    dasskinny Posts: 56
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    http://www.ehow.com/about_5452561_foods-high-vitamin-iron.html

    check out that website, i went thru the same issue with iron levels... i take a whole foods Iron supplement, so far seems to be working. Good luck.
  • JfMarrs
    JfMarrs Posts: 110 Member
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    These foods are rich in iron, Red meat, Egg yolks Dark, leafy greens (spinach, collards), Dried fruit (prunes, raisins), Iron-enriched cereals and grains (check the labels), Mollusks (oysters, clams, scallops), Turkey or chicken giblets, Beans, lentils, chick peas and soybeans, Liver, and Artichokes. If you make sure to eat foods that contain vitamin c that will help your body absorb the iron more effectively.

    As far as vitamin d goes the darker and fattier types of fish like sardines, trout, tuna and wild salmon are good food sources as well as vitamin d fortified foods like milk, orange juice and some cereals. Egg yolks are rich in Vitamin D as well. Spending time outdoors in the sun will also make your body produce vitamin d. If you're fair skinned, experts say going outside for 10 minutes in the midday sun—in shorts and a tank top with no sunscreen—will give you enough radiation to produce about 10,000 international units of the vitamin. Of course that's not really possible for anyone who lives north of Georgia or so during the winter.

    I hope this helps, it is pretty common these days for people to have low levels of iron and vitamin d. I was low in both on my blood tests too but not low enough to have to get shots but my doctor did prescribe vitamin pills. I went to a nutritionist to find ask how I could achieve the same results with my diet.
  • Ruby11222
    Ruby11222 Posts: 114
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    Lean red meat and spinach for Iron, plus supplements. 10 minutes of sunshine a day for Vitamin D and the shots, a supplement after the shots. Not getting enough Vitamin D messes with absorption of many things, like calcium.

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