Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Margaret, You are exactly right about the iron ...take with Vit c to help absorption and avoid calcium meds or food when you take the iron because it will bind the iron and it willl not be absorbed. Are you a nurse or health care provider??? Dana Thorneburg (ex-Benfield), FNP Center for Lap Obesity Surgery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Isn't Dana the Bomb! She is a great gal, always helping us! Thanks Dana, we appreciate you! Re: Re: Iron/Anemia Margaret, You are exactly right about the iron ...take with Vit c to help absorption and avoid calcium meds or food when you take the iron because it will bind the iron and it willl not be absorbed. Are you a nurse or health care provider??? Dana Thorneburg (ex-Benfield), FNP Center for Lap Obesity Surgery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 For iron, we just use organic raisins and organic spinach. I found when I was pregnant with my son, and I was anemic during the pregnancy, that the supplements didn't do nearly as good a job. I stopped listening to the ob/gyn and nurse midwives, dropped the iron supplement and added raisins and spinach from organic sources. The next month, my iron was back up to almost normal. They told me the iron pills (I hadn't been taking) had just kicked in. :-/ Anyway, I wonder if my iron deficiency during pregnancy, along with mercury burden, is relevant. So many variables. So, now low iron just means we throw a box of raisins or a spinach salad in more frequently. I've even been known to make a carrot, raisin, walnut salad when I feel things are getting deficient. We've had to supplement a lot of things, like calcium, magnesium and C, but food still seems to work for low iron here. P. s_hoobler wrote: > > Hi , > my son continued to be borderline anemic also, he's 6 now. After > stopping all iron supplements and 13 rounds of ALA chelation, he's > within normal range. He even got some freckles this summer and > doesn't look so pale anymore. > Sherry > > > > I just received my son's (4 years old) recent lab results and am > trying to > > find info as it seems he is anemic. I've read that autistic kids > should not > > be supplementing iron and I'm wondering what others have done in > this > > position. > > > > > > > > From the CBC, his MCV and MCH are low: > > > > MCV 72.6; range 75-87 > > > > MCH 23.8; range 25-31 > > > > > > > > Iron is normal at 63 (range 40-100) > > > > % Saturation is low at 14 (range 20-44) > > > > Ferritin is normal at 14 (range 5-244) > > > > Transferrin is normal at 299 (range 202-364) > > > > > > > > Thanks for any info/advice! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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