Reged: 05/22/03
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Loc: USA, Southern California
Hi Michelle,
(First off, BEAUTIFUl picture of you!)
Just passing on a little info here.......
Raisins are NOT as high in iron as some think. Historically they used to be because they were dried on iron plates. The raisins picked up the iron. Raisins are not processed that way today. (Your oatmeal is likely higher in iron.) A better source is blackstrap molasses. Yummy stirred into a soy or rice beverage as you would chocolate syrup into milk. Doc is right, Vit. C helps you absorb iron better BUT any plant source of iron is not absorbed as well as an animal source. (You may have to bite the bullet and take an iron pill for a while, but if it upsets your gut take with food or at night just before you retire.) If you have a problem with regular Vit. C, (I do) then go the "sodium ascorbate" route, not ascorbic acid. Even the "buffered" ascorbic acid kind, which contains calcium can be hard on the gut.
They even make a tiny 25mg. sodium ascorbate pill for kids with touchy tummies.
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