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Originally Posted by yasmindiab
Whoever said that you shouldn't weigh yourself everyday was RIGHT!
So here's my question: Iron. How do you get enough in *your* diet? I'm borderline anemic, and I know that I'm not getting enough, but I really don't know what I can eat that is healthy to increase my iron levels. Heck, I don't know what I can eat that is not healthy. Iron supplements mess with my digestive system, so I try not to take them...
Yasmin
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Yasmin, fitday will generate nutritional reports that show you the amounts of major vitamins and minerals you are eating.
I never have a problem getting enough iron, but then I have to avoid starches, which means I have to fill up on protein and veggies.
Yesterday I ate almost twice the iron as the USRDA, and most of it came from the sechwan string beans with fried tofu from the chinese takeout. Not that that is lo-cal or anything, but you don't have to eat steak 3X per day to get your iron.
What has iron?
lean red meat (sirloin is good and goes on sale alot)
(white meats to a lesser degree)
tofu
beans (dried or green)
spinach
kale
other dark green vegetables
shrimp and other seafoods
eggs (buy range fed or omega + eggs for higher omega-3's)
Yum!
Sedonia