iron supplement

[Guest guest]

No she does not have diarrhea, rather the opposite.

I have tried and am still giving her food with higher iron such as: Thyme

dried, parsley, spinach, cinnamon, organo, swiss chard, rosemary, green

beans, leeks, asparagus, broccoli but somehow it does not do anything. Is

there something I am missing so that she is not able to absorb it?

She is 15 years old and weighs 50 lbs. She is 136cm so the ratio is ok, I

just would like her to gain weight, so that she has something to fall back

on.

She eats fairly well. She has on average a caloric intake of 17oo to 1800 a

day. She drinks appr. 750 a day. I add 1 table spoon of cold pressed

organic oils to her food and she gets lactobacillus Acidophulos by Kirkman

and Vitamin B complex by Genestra. I had given her more vitamins and

minerals but always end up pulling things because she starts to vomit. Her

diet is a 4 day rotation diet and she gets appr. 60 to 80 gr. Of meat in

each meal. I am giving her goat yoghurt but very little since she seems to

get mucous after she eats this.

Thanks you for your help.

Beate Rapien ( Mom to ) diet since Jan. 2006

[Guest guest]

My guy had serious problems with anemia earlier. It was before SCD, so we

mainly supplemented with liquid iron supplements, but the ones we used are

not SCD. www.kirkmanlabs.com <http://www.kirkmanlabs.com/> has a really

small capsule that is SCD

http://www.kirkmanlabs.com/products/minerals/iron/Iron280_120.html at 5mg

each you may need to give several, but they can be opened up and mixed with

water or juice. Always give iron with vitamin C to help absorption (and if

you mix them in liquid, expect a bubbly black experience-let it sit for

about 5 minutes so that it will settle) . Give iron away from other

minerals.

Good luck!

Holly

Mom of Quinn, age 4.5, recovering from autism, SCD 9 weeks

[Guest guest]

Hi Beate,

-- In pecanbread , " Doug and Beate Rapien "

wrote:

>

> No she does not have diarrhea, rather the opposite.

>

> I have tried and am still giving her food with higher iron such as:

Thyme> dried, parsley, spinach, cinnamon, organo, swiss chard,

rosemary, green> beans, leeks, asparagus, broccoli but somehow it

does not do anything. Is

> there something I am missing so that she is not able to absorb it?

>>>

Is she getting any meat sources of iron? - they are easier for the

body to absorb.

Is she getting any vitamin C? I had low iron last year and ate a

diet that was rich in iron, but I was getting close to zero vit C. I

increased my iron rich foods and starting drinking juices with

vitamin C at each meal (especially if I had liver and/or spinach).

Slowly and steadily my iron increased.

Does she drink black tea? The tannins in tea can prevent absorption

of iron when consumed in large amounts.

> She is 15 years old and weighs 50 lbs. She is 136cm so the ratio is

ok, I

> just would like her to gain weight, so that she has something to

fall back

> on.

>

> She eats fairly well. She has on average a caloric intake of 17oo

to 1800 a

> day. She drinks appr. 750 a day. I add 1 table spoon of cold

pressed

> organic oils to her food and she gets lactobacillus Acidophulos by

Kirkman

> and Vitamin B complex by Genestra. I had given her more vitamins and

> minerals but always end up pulling things because she starts to

vomit. Her

> diet is a 4 day rotation diet and she gets appr. 60 to 80 gr. Of

meat in

> each meal.>>>

What kind of meat? Beef, chicken etc..?

I am giving her goat yoghurt but very little since she seems to

> get mucous after she eats this.

>

> Thanks you for your help.

>

> Beate Rapien ( Mom to ) diet since Jan. 2006

>

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of Em and Dan