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Yes, take a women's multivitamin and also an iron supplement. Slow release Fe type are easier to digest. Iron supplements can be hard on your digestive system and take a while to get used to taking them. Here is a link for some symptoms to watch out for and you should start eating some iron rich foods.…
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If your college has a student health clinic ask them to check you for low iron anemia. If all you are eating is fruits and vegetables you are probably seriously deficient. Even a vegetarian diet has to make sure it is loaded with iron rich foods such spinach and lentils. At the very least you could get some supplements at…
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I don't know how "restricted" your diet is but 1500 cals for someone 5'1" doesn't seem that bad provided you are meeting all of your nutritional requirements. Based on the foods you say you are binging on I would suggest you get checked for a serious mineral deficiency problem, namely magnesium and iron. Peanut butter,…
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Mix 1/4 cup of Kellogg's All Bran Buds with your morning yogurt. It's 55% of your daily recommended fiber, only 80 cals and has B vitamins for metabolism. A lot of pregnant women have this problem and recommend this as a natural remedy for relief. It takes a couple of weeks of taking it daily to start working so stick with…
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Weight training builds muscle mass. A body's muscle burns more calories than body fat - even when a person is standing still. The more muscle you have, the more effective the body is at burning calories. A person with more body fat has to work a lot harder than a person of equal size and weight with less fat and more…
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If you want to count the calories burned with strength training exercises you need to add it under cardio. Go to add cardio and do your search, for example "Crunches." It will give you a message saying "no results found." To the bottom right of the message it gives you an option to "Add an Exercise to the Database." Click…
