i get low iron too and if im feeling like you describing i have a huge steak and spinach and tomatoes and i feel a bit better, but im sure you can have a high iron diet without eating meat. or you could get some liquid iron, that might help. hope your feeling better soon.
Hey, Mel, my iron plummeted late in 2nd tri, even though I was taking a pregnancy multi and I eat very consciously. My DH has exactly the same diet as me, and his levels were on the high side, so it was definitely pregnancy that did it. I had to up my B12 and my iron intake, so I took Floradix and a B12 tab at first, but then changed to Fabfol and a B12 sublingual spray.
As for your diet, green leafies are good, but I reckon nothing beats legumes, pulses and beans. I also tried to eat some kind of lentil or bean every day. Having it with Vit C is great advice: potatoes and capsicum are great sources.
i don't think you need to start eating meat again, andi would suggest you have only been vego for a few months, so it's unlikely to be the cause of low iron, itms. that being said, i would get some ferrograd c tablets, i have seen the effects of low iron, especially post-birth, and frankly, they ruined my life for 2 years, i was put on anti-depressants, i have permanant tattoo-like bruises on my arse from horse-needle iron injections every second day, and still suffer anxiety occassionally. this was all caused by aneamia screwing my nervous system. i had been vego for 12 years.
although, since you have been sick for so long, i would also suggest going to the hospital (if dr appt are hard to get), and get tested for glandular etc.
good luck chickie, i know what you're going through and it's absolutely ****-house.
Ok, I've read everyone's responses, and I've got some iron tablets and have started taking those. I've also gotten meat for two nights this week, just to see if that makes a difference as well, and upped my vegie intake and lentil intake.
So fingers crossed that at least this week I start getting a hold of this cold and getting it to go away!
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