Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 Ruthie love and indeed everybody love - someone on homebirth has just mentioned (a propos of getting iron levels up) that coffee reduces vitamin C uptake by 40% and tea by 60% - I should have said caffeine and tannin respectively ... so better have herby teas if you are hoping to benefit from the vit C in them lovverley lemons and limes..my fave at the moment is camomile and lime flowers and also blackberry and nettle is v yummy; Caro xx hope you are feeling better emotionally too...bynow. Just off to look at my stash of materials to select material to make DS's ph outfit for the nativity play (feeling v chuffed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 I always think herbal tea smells wonderful but tastes like hay! Just found some effervescent Echinacia(?) + Vit C tabs that DD1 will take Caroline Jersey so better have herby teas if you are > hoping to benefit from the vit C in them lovverley lemons and > limes..my fave at the moment is camomile and lime flowers and also > blackberry and nettle is v yummy; > Caro Germain Jersey British Channel Islands 49º11'30 " N 02º06'12 " W WGS84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 on 09/11/01 04:18 PM, Caro Heyworth at heywortno3@... wrote: don't think Caro mentioned that dairy products also inhibit iron absorption - when am I supposed to take the tabs when it says to take them with food? I suppose I could always join Mari in her Vegan tea! (soya cheese sandwiches and rice pudding tonite). > my fave at the moment is camomile and lime flowers and also > blackberry and nettle is v yummy; Raspberry leaf tastes good with honey (and makes the room smell nice - beats cleaning!!). NB: it's not advisable to drink it in early pregnancy but contrary to popular myth AFAIK it doesn't actually induce labour but tones the uterus. Anecdotally I drank it for the last 4 wks or so and I had a less than 2hr labour - oh go on someone else must have their story that they drank it and had a long long labour Jenni ( & Gethyn) 17yrs; Mari 3yrs Home Birth; Nia 8 wks Home Water Birth " If you don't know your options - you don't have any " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 In article , Jenni writes >Raspberry leaf tastes good with honey (and makes the room smell nice - beats >cleaning!!). > >NB: it's not advisable to drink it in early pregnancy but contrary to >popular myth AFAIK it doesn't actually induce labour but tones the uterus. >Anecdotally I drank it for the last 4 wks or so and I had a less than 2hr >labour - oh go on someone else must have their story that they drank it and >had a long long labour Yep - well, it was tablets rather than tea, but I took them fairly regularly before dd1 was born, and was in labour for about 36 hours (not all hard labour, I hasten to add - it sort of came and went for about the first 30). I didn't bother with dd2, and had an equally long labour - not sure what that proves. Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 Do you think we could get Flylady to work us out a routine for taking in our nutrients so that they don't all work against each other, as my poor little brain can't cope with it all! Dairy before Iron + Vit C but minus Tea/Coffee/Coke and Raw things first so as not to mobilise white blood cells in stomach; and at least 25% raw things in whole diet; if kosher dairy has to be 6 hrs before meat (therefore Iron) or six hours after...or 3 hours if you're not so keen or not gap if not kosher which is most of us (hey that's spooky, another real medical reason for kosher laws) and if you're me you have to make sure you're getting enough B vits because of not eating gluten products and enough calcium because of not eating much milk product .... Any other offers? Caro PS Jenni Soya cheese - yuk yuk yuk!!!!! which brand do you use?!!! > don't think Caro mentioned that dairy products also inhibit iron absorption > - when am I supposed to take the tabs when it says to take them with food? I > suppose I could always join Mari in her Vegan tea! (soya cheese sandwiches > and rice pudding tonite). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2001 Report Share Posted November 10, 2001 Caro wrote >Do you think we could get Flylady to work us out a routine for >taking in our nutrients so that they don't all work against each other, >as my poor little brain can't cope with it all! Sounds very complicated-do we need all these supplements? Kate P.s. have had a bit of a flylady disaster-will post later about it-still smiling through gritted teeth though (just) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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