absorption issues and supplements (WAS: Re: /zinc/Re: Looking at faces & feet)

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<<once you're deficient in something, you often need a lot more of it for awhile

in order to build up your reserves, and from what I've read, zinc is definitely

in that category. >>

I said before my zinc is normal after eating meat for a year but I remember now

I was supplementing for a while too.

<<Second, people with deficiencies, particularly mineral deficiencies, tend to

have impaired absorption, so merely adding some food often will have little to

no effect on the problem. >>

Well my problem now is iron. So this makes me wonder whether I DO need to take

iron tablets after all as the doctor recommended. meat eating has not solved my

low iron. I am now trying to boost my iron count by eating a small amount of

raw liver every day with black strap molasses. I'm also taking Floradix herbal

iron liquid several times a day. I'm avoiding taking these with or near dairy

intake. Does this sound do-able or am I wasting my time? I thought iron

tablets were toxic?

- Filippa