Iron level help!

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  • TropicTori
    TropicTori Posts: 18
    I get the same Issues too sometimes but ive incorporated beats into my diet and it helps ALOT ive been eating at least 1+ whole beat a day and also the drink Malta ...like beer its an acquired taste and has calories but its also filled with iron
  • LovesGG
    LovesGG Posts: 241 Member
    I am severely anemic and no matter what I eat, my iron levels don't move much. When my prescription ran out I just got them myself. I just go to my local pharmacy and even grocery stores and get iron capsules or ferrous sulfate in the vitamins section. They normally cost around $5 dollars a bottle.
  • Zombierawr
    Zombierawr Posts: 95 Member
    I am iron related anemic too, and unfortunately, if you are like me, it doesn't matter what you eat. You have to take the supplements. I have tried high iron diets, but medically I am screwed. I know that my integra (awesome super prescription iron) is too expensive some months (COME ON GENERICS!) but over the counter supplements aren't terrible. But I have to take 4 for every one of my prescriptions.

    Trust me, it isn't something you want to mess with. :(

    Also, I do smoothies with bananas, ice, spinach and orange juice and strawberries. You can't taste the spinach (it ain't pretty) but orange juice makes iron absorption easier. And bananas are also high in iron. And obviously, avoid calcium for two hours before and after taking iron.

    Like you I could never eat enough food to cover my deficit, I take iron twice a day and I eat right too. I am back at the doctors office in the morning for a blood test and I'm hoping that I can get down to 1 pill a day. Don't mess with this ladies, it's not worth it.

    Good luck!! Try integra though. Not bad on your stomach at all. Although I think it's pretty new— I've been to the hospital once or twice while on it, and they don't have it normally. But it's only one pill?
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    Liver. Cook meals in a cast iron skillet.

    Some drug companies have programs that provide free medications to people in economic need. Make an inquiry.

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