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arobed53
arobed53 Posts: 2,004 Member
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With NM, I always was fine on iron. With MFP, I seldom have "enough" but have not changed my eating that I know of. Would anyone know the differences?

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  • sannferris
    sannferris Posts: 1,432 Member
    No, I'm just commenting to follow.

    To show you where my mind is...I saw "Iron" and thought of my laundry, do I need to iron that? or will it come out of the dryer wrinkle free?
  • arobed53
    arobed53 Posts: 2,004 Member
    Mine better come out of the dryer without too many wrinkles - I very seldom iron.
  • isyvanek
    isyvanek Posts: 1,039 Member
    I hate to iron! I use mine about once every year or so... :)
  • sannferris
    sannferris Posts: 1,432 Member
    I guess you're not going to get any real help with your iron, Debora. We're all thinking the wrong kind of iron.
  • arobed53
    arobed53 Posts: 2,004 Member
    I've not been too worried about it - just curious. And the thread was a lot more fun this way.
  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    edited May 2015
    What's an iron? I think my Mom's old iron is lurking in the house somewhere. :D
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    Not sure about the other iron Debora. I'll poke around and see if I can come up with something.
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  • tlspindor
    tlspindor Posts: 200 Member
    Hey Debora, how's your Iron doing? Every since you mentioned this, I decided to watch mine a little closer and I have been falling short on that as well. I guess it's time to get out my Blackstrap Molasses.

    I just wish that MFP would actually show more than just 5 nutrition's to track at a time.
  • arobed53
    arobed53 Posts: 2,004 Member
    Iron's about the same. I just quit thinking about it. I use the blackstrap molasses. I'm still grateful for all I learned from NM but when it's not all showing, it's easier to fudge.
  • LorettaSt2al
    LorettaSt2al Posts: 33 Member
    I'm way below the required iron intake with MFP. I've taken supplements before so that's an option. Working toward getting eating habits to NM levels, since I got off track without it. Still learning!
  • isyvanek
    isyvanek Posts: 1,039 Member
    There's always the old blackstrap molasses Loretta! :)
  • LeonaScanlan
    LeonaScanlan Posts: 1 Member
    I do not have this problem, but NM trained me to focus on iron and calcium. I eat gluten free oats from trader joe's most morning, and for some reason they have ~25% of my iron intake. Plus, I drink a soy milk that has high iron, eat lots of beans, etc. Recently I started putting a plant-based protein powder in my smoothies, and that has a large amount of iron. Ran out of blackstrap molasses, but that was definitely a trick.. mmm... I love pumpkin puree mixed with soy milk and molasses! Yum! (Can you tell I'm a bit hungry? haha)
  • isyvanek
    isyvanek Posts: 1,039 Member
    Great to see you here Leona! Those sound like some great ideas! I don't do soy milk but I'll have to see how much iron the almond, hemp and oat milks we use have in them. I need to get into the habit of putting pumpkin puree in more stuff too.

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