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Reassure me that vegans can come back from anemia...

Posted by Mary on February 15, 2015 at 1:17pm in Main Chat

I'm anemic (hemoglobin tested at 9) and I know I've been lax with getting my greens in.  So I've researched a bit and am getting 15 mgs a day of iron (bananas, dates, raisins, lentils and green veg's mostly) am watching my folate and vitamin C and am getting a b12 shot in a few days.  Everyone is telling me that no matter what I do I'll need to put meat back into my diet.  

Looking for some reassurance from fellow fruitish vegans that iron levels can be brought up vegan-style.......anyone?

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  • Mary February 17, 2015 at 2:01am

    Thanks guys, I haven't had meat in almost 5 years so looking to keep that going......

  • Diospyros February 15, 2015 at 2:52pm

    http://www.30bananasaday.com/forum/topics/does-everyone-know-i-cure...  anemia

    • Mary > Diospyros February 17, 2015 at 2:09am

      HA!  and she was eating junk vegan, which I avoid for the most part.  Makes me feel so much better all the support I get here, especially because my kids don't eat meat (except one eats haddock and one eats cheese) this a good subject for me to study.

  • Arsenio Bringas Jr. February 15, 2015 at 2:31pm

    Check this out. Give up the meat, you don't need it. Read this article, http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.php

    • Mary > Arsenio Bringas Jr. February 17, 2015 at 2:04am

      that's fantastic, thank you.

      So do you guys double your intake of iron?  I've been making sure I get 15 mgs per day - sounds like from this article that you need 1.8 times more iron?  Or is that only if you aren't eating high vit C diet?

  • ednshell February 15, 2015 at 1:31pm

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    • Mary > ednshell February 17, 2015 at 2:15am

      Thank you I love listening to her! 

    • Arsenio Bringas Jr. > ednshell February 15, 2015 at 2:41pm

      awesome video, everything she says is backed up by the article i linked. Have a fruitful evening !

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