What to eat to have a higher iron count?
Question by His Love: What to eat to have a higher iron count?
I went to the dr’s and they told me my iron count was extremely low. Other than giving me iron supplements what can I eat or do to raise my iron count?
Thanks!
My doctor has already tested my iron levels and said it was extremely low. She gave me iron supplements already. She told me to take 2-3 a day but the box says only take 1 a day so I am only taking 1 per day. Also I am taking a multivitamin.
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woll smoth
October 11, 2013 at 3:29 am
Fish! Salmon has a high iron count. So does spinach.
Aran
October 11, 2013 at 3:41 am
LIVER!!! just kidding red meats and anything fired in pans but liver does have a lot of vitamins
Emi C
October 11, 2013 at 4:22 am
Red Meat.
***Sugar Lady***
October 11, 2013 at 4:40 am
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=70
This site’s helpful. =)
One of the easiest ways is to sprinkle thyme on your food!
What about a multivitamen & mineral, too?
Cereals are excellent: Shredded Wheat or Malt-O-Meal’s Frosted Mini Spooners has 90% (eat that every day for breakfast)!!! Honey Nut or Spooners has 50%, Marshmallow Mateys is also high, Crisp Rice cereal has 60%…
serving of baked beans has 15%, so does dried cranberry beans, pink beans (I believe red & kidney also), lentil beans & split pea beans. Stuaffer’s Animal crackers are also a good source of iron.
Then on to 10%: most other dry beans, oatmeal…
But iron pills work, also, just be very careful about iron poisoning!!! I’d try the natural first, it just depends on if you are feeling the deficiency symptoms as noted on the above link…
My turkey breast lunch meat says 8% but our frozen turkey breast says 0%.
Maybe you should get a second opinion. Is there a way for you to see the results of the test to make sure it wasn’t an error. It seems odd that she would tell you to take that many/day. If your gut instinct tells you to only take one or that you don’t need any then get a second opinion. I think it’s more dangerous for your body to have more iron running thru it than not enough. Check out the above website & google other sites for iron deficiency. Why was she checking your iron in your blood in the first place? People are sometimes over medicated these days & it can have health consequences. I was given iron supplements after my first birth but I didn’t take them & bounced back & was perfectly fine & healthy feeling. I just had some wierd gut feeling that I shouldn’t take ’em, that I didn’t need them… so I didn’t & I didn’t fall ill & felt the same as always…
Eat your bowl of Shredded Wheat every morning! =)
KeepOnLoving
October 11, 2013 at 5:00 am
(The Best Answer Is)The following table lists foods high in iron. In general, meat, fish, and poultry are excellent sources. Other sources of iron include beans, dried fruits, whole grains, fortified cereals, and enriched breads.
Yahoo Answers!
October 11, 2013 at 5:36 am
Meat. Red meat. Nothing comes close.
(Also, cook in cast iron, some iron will actually leak into the food, at least if it’s a bit sour as tomatoes.)
Laban
October 11, 2013 at 6:02 am
Spinach, prune juice, potato baked with the skin on, black eye peas, navy beans, pinto beans, lima beans, kidney beans, Almonds, steamed clams, oysters raw or cooked, chicken or beef liver, lamb beef, turkey, pasta cooked, oatmeal, bran flakes, cream of wheat, whole bread things like that have a good source of iron.
aamh05
October 11, 2013 at 6:43 am
This site may answer some of your questions. I hope all goes well.
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/blood/009.html
Amie
October 11, 2013 at 6:55 am
Raw meat:)) Just joking,but read meat that is not well done,like it is still pink inside.
ray
October 11, 2013 at 7:36 am