Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
Sounds like a possible! I was anaemic as a teenager I believe so maybe I'm prone to it. It would be amazing if this could be treated quickly and I could be back to normal.
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Valve1138
I like the AB in the GB
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
You might be surprised to learn that with my diet I eat a shit ton of veggies including broccoli
Good suggestion. Not kicking the vegan lifestyle but iron is sometimes hard to get within that diet. Depending. And she's going to get depleted if her flows are super heavy. Eat some steak Dory. Requiem for a Period.
Valve1138
I like the AB in the GB
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
Never liked steak so I wouldn't eat it even if fancied bovine. I can't think where I get iron from but I imagine from all the kale and such. My body might find it difficult to keep iron though given it's happened before.
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
I also promise that I'm not bagging on your food choices, but this is sadly correct. Heme iron is the most bioavailable iron you can consume, and it only comes from animal products. It gets a lot harder with just veggies.
edit: Obviously its not impossible, but either way, you really should start paying attention to your iron intake!
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
I didn't know red kidney beans were an animal product! Shit!I also promise that I'm not bagging on your food choices, but this is sadly correct. Heme iron is the most bioavailable iron you can consume, and it only comes from animal products. It gets a lot harder with just veggies.
edit: Obviously its not impossible, but either way, you really should start paying attention to your iron intake!
Tbh the animal product you're talking about is red meat. I hate red meat anyway so vegan, veggie or carnivore I wouldn't be getting it from that source.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
They come from kidneys, for fuck's sake.
has @fly been notified to update the spread sheet yey. he needs to add your heavy flow days in and fill the excel cells in blood red
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
Maybe you're havign some sort of iron absorption issue. anyway, maybe get it checked, not like you can do it at home.
We're in our second month of meat-free here. I've lost just shy of 30 lbs., the missus 15-ish. But we're still jonesing for some steak. mmmm, steak.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
@fly I’ll be starting Monday if you want to add mine while your at it. Should be done by Thursday.
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
I'm with fly on this one - you may be eating plenty of iron but still not absorbing it because as fly is saying(but not exactly underscoring), non-heme iron doesn't get absorbed well. A common symptom of iron deficiency IS shortness of breath. THe most common suggestion for getting more non-heme iron into your blood is to eat vitamin C with the meal. If that's impractical, take a non-acid form of vitamin C(acetate not ascorbate) with your high iron meals. It won't bother your stomach, take as much as you want.
Well yeah, you drink a shit ton of booze (it's my weak spot tooWe've put on a shit ton of weight without eating meat
). And many vegans eat a fairly high carb diet. We are doing zero meat and maximum low carb. Been comparing all the different grains and shit like an FDA scientist. I make/control the meals so I am shooting for about 1000 calories a day.And now a word from Mr. Alice Cooper.