Got Iron?

I've been feeling super tired the last 2 weeks or so. I've always been on the anemic side in terms of iron level, but usually iron pills solve the problem. Despite having taken both a multi-vitamin and an iron supplement every day for the last few weeks, my iron count was still too low for me to donate blood last week.

When I told my mom about it, she sent me the following information off of http://www.healthcastle.com/iron.shtml.

The sad thing is, this past week I've only been eating foods from the "Iron Absorption Inhibitors" box. I eat plenty of whole grain and bran, I drink soy milk and eat lots of tofu and edamame. Red wine is my alcoholic beverage of choice.

I tried to put a little more iron in my system this weekend, but I'm still exhausted. I may make myself some chicken soup this week or some lentil and bean stew and hopefully my energy level will start to rise again.

I leave you with the advice my mom emailed me along with the link:

"At the same time, give yourself a lot of fruit to avoid constipation."

Thanks, Momma!