Doc. says am Anemic. Beside taking Iron plls what can I eat?

Answer 1

Green vegetables: spinach, brocolli, etc..

Answer 2

Instead of prescription iron pills, go to the health food store and get chelated iron. Blackstrap molassas iron tablets are really good. That's what I took. They don't make you constipated like the prescription kind can.

You can also ask at the health food store about Floradix liquid, which is absorbed really well. Taking chlorophyll or drinking nettle tea can also help raise your iron levels.

Iron-rich foods include leafy greens such as spinach and broccoli, strawberries, meats, whole grains, prune juice, dried fruit, legumes, and blackstrap molasses.

Iron is most easily absorbed when taken with vitamin C, so drinking OJ when you have iron-rich foods can help you get more out of it.

Answer 3

My wife had this problem for much of her life. She took thos huge Iron pills which were hard on her stomach, and rarely did any good. We found a LIQUID Iron supplement which absorbed quicker into the system and really did make a different. I recommend you get to to a health food store and try it. TAstes terrible, but works.

Answer 4

You can eat
lots of spinach

blackberry juice (natural, buy them at your local market and make juice on a blender, mix them with water and just a bit of sugar)

Liver (it may sound gross but it's the best for this, and It is not that bad, I actually like it, but I have spanish background, americans usually dont eat it)

Lentils.

Good Luck

Answer 5

Beans, red meat, green vegetables and peanut butter all have high amounts of iron. It has helped me stay off iron pills.

Answer 6

Red Meat and leafy green vegetables

Answer 7

Green leafy veggies, meat with the fat ( animal fat has very digestible iron in it and it makes the meat taste better).

Answer 8

Liver and other organ meats. Lots of dark green veggies: spinach, kale and mustard greens.

Answer 9

Raisins are usually recommended for low iron

Answer 10

Dark green vegetables--like spinach, and red meat.