I found a powder that you mix with liquid. It is 30%. I will try taking
half a packet twice a week. It's darned expensive though!
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> Had your iron stores checked lately? Food (and even non food) cravings
>> are often iron deficiency related.
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> Aha! I was anemic due to a super long period, I think. The hematologist
> that I saw said I was no longer anemic when he did my labs. But in a
> stupid move on my part, I did not ask for a copy of those labs nor did I
> see them. I did call and ask that I be sent a copy. I will for sure
> follow up on this if I don't get them soon.
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> I started taking new (to me) vitamins. I was taking the standard Kirkland
> adult vitamins because Consumer Reports rated them the best. However the
> last time I bought vitamins there, they no longer had that kind. Now they
> have some kind of super mega ones that contain more of things than I need.
> So I opted for the Over 50 kind but sadly there is no iron at all in them.
> Because of this I bought myself some iron tablets that contain 100% of the
> RDA for iron. I have been taking those. The hematologist said I don't
> need to supplement but I believe I do.
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> My last period was very light although somewhat long. I don't think that
> in and of itself would have caused anemia. But... I have also eaten very
> little meat in the past few weeks. I did eat red meat yesterday. And I
> did eat red meat on Friday of last week. But... For the two weeks prior
> I don't think I ate any at all. And I do know I will go anemic if I don't
> eat red meat twice a week.
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> I wish I could find a low dose iron pills. It was even hard to find one
> that was just 100%. Most are whopping with some weird amount like 447% of
> the RDA. I don't need that. But I think it might help if I could find
> some that were like 20% and then I could take them once or twice a week.
> I will keep looking.
>
> It is just hard for me to eat the red meat these days. Angela just
> doesn't like ground beef. She does get steak at Mexican restaurants. I
> haven't tried to eat steak for many years. The last few times I tried, I
> couldn't digest it. We have also really been trying to save money because
> my husband is retiring soon and has yet to find a another job. And we are
> trying to eat up the food we have in the freezer so I can defrost it.
> Most of what is in there is vegan or vegetarian. And frankly I just don't
> like meat very much. But I guess I must push myself to eat it.
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