Absorbing Iron

[Guest guest]

While drinking a strong mead and reading posts last night, I had a

few thoughts on iron.

Is the problem with vegetarians and iron absorption a gut deal, like

the iron not absorbing at all, or is it an issue with the hemoglobin

(or where ever the iron is in the blood), like maybe you absorb it,

but not much ends up incorporated in the blood. (Maybe you could run

a magnet over your stool to see if the iron absorbed :-))

I've been reading lately about how easily stuff is absorbed through

your skin and I thought if you had an gut absorption problem, maybe

you can absorb iron through you skin. I don't know if this is

possible or how to best absorb it through the skin, but maybe soaking

in a bath with a cup or so of molasses or that herby thing with iron,

flora-something. Or maybe run some spleen through a blender, smear

some on a little square of paper/plastic, and tape it to body

somewhere?

Betsy

[Guest guest]

Fascinating post!

Sheryl

Betsy <bettysmith997@...> wrote:

While drinking a strong mead and reading posts last night, I had a

few thoughts on iron.

Is the problem with vegetarians and iron absorption a gut deal, like

the iron not absorbing at all, or is it an issue with the hemoglobin

(or where ever the iron is in the blood), like maybe you absorb it,

but not much ends up incorporated in the blood. (Maybe you could run

a magnet over your stool to see if the iron absorbed :-))

I've been reading lately about how easily stuff is absorbed through

your skin and I thought if you had an gut absorption problem, maybe

you can absorb iron through you skin. I don't know if this is

possible or how to best absorb it through the skin, but maybe soaking

in a bath with a cup or so of molasses or that herby thing with iron,

flora-something. Or maybe run some spleen through a blender, smear

some on a little square of paper/plastic, and tape it to body

somewhere?

Betsy