Re: Wife is Anemic - Any Suggestions as to supplements?- THANKS

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Many thanks for your reply. In addition to the blood tests, a stool test

(don't know the name) was recently completed during my wife's office visit

with her doctor and the stool sample indicated blood. Also my wife has had

a hysterectomy and so I suspect she probably has some intestinal bleeding.

Best wishes, Sam.

Re: Wife is Anemic - Any Suggestions as to

supplements?

> Hi Sam,

>

> I'm not sure if this will help your wife or not, but I was able to

> raise my serum ferritin level considerably just by consuming lots of

> red meat/animal proteins. (I was iron deficient; my B12 and

> hemoglobin levels were good.) I supplemented with 600-1200mg vitamin

> C a day - if your wife tolerates vitamin C, she might try taking some

> with her high iron meals.

>

> There are many reasons for anemia - not all are necessarily an iron

> deficiency. I think anemia generally refers to low hemoglobin -

> technically; but the term also gets thrown onto iron deficiency as

> well. It may be related to B12, so it may be useful to get her B12

> tested.

>

> Also, if she's not noticing blood in her stools, and the doctors don't

> find any, she should evaluate her menstrual cycles (assuming she's

> still having periods/isn't into menopause already). If her cycles are

> heavy, that could be contributing to iron loss.

>

> I am sure someone more knowledgeable than I will have better advice!

> I hope your wife improves,

>

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>

>

>

>> My wife was told this week by her doctor that she is very anemic and

>> scheduled an appointment for her with a gastroenterologist to see if she

>> is

>> leaking blood in her gut.. The doctor also recommended that my wife

>> start

>> taking iron pills. Last year my wife took some iron pills and had a

>> terrible reaction.

>> If anyone on this list has had any success using any particular

>> supplement/food

>> items, I would very much appreciate the information and/or suggestions.

>> My wife has tried eating beef liver but could not tolerate the taste.

>> Thanks for any help, Sam.

>>

>>

>

>

> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

> _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

> websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

>

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