Went to the doctor on Tuesday for my check up. The doc said I'm doing "beautifully" except I'm a little anemic. The cut off point was 11.4 and my number came in 10.4. The doctor said it's not unusual, I could either take iron pills or have steak more often...he forgets that I'm a vegetarian. Anyway, with Devin, I was borderline anemic (I was off by .1). And this time, maybe I haven't been diligently watching what I eat, so instead of being borderline, now I am anemic.
I looked up some iron-rich food, clams(3oz cooked, 23.8mg)is one of the highest. Beef liver & braunchweiger-5.3mg. What the heck is braunchweiger?! Doesn't sound like a vegetable or an alternate form of tofu, so I guess I won't be eating it. How about drinking molasses (it says blackstrap, what?) It has 5mg in one tablespoon. Hmmmm. I think I'll stick with my tofu (which has a high content of iron), spinach & beans...tofu with cereal, anyone?
2 comments:
lol!! I've been anemic on and off from athletic training and now maternity stuff...but blackstrap molasses isn't bad. you can just take a spoonful with breakfast or your prenatal vitamins. whole foods probably carries it. :)
I found this website about vegans, so hopefully this would be of help to you.
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.htm
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