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beekaytee - Apr 21, 2010 9:22:00 am PDT #16772 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

bonny, if you take your iron supplements while playing Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" on your stereo at full blast, while yelling "I Am Iron Woman!!!", it will improve your body's ability to absorb iron. It's a proven fact.

This is a plan I can get behind!

And yes, Shir, I have been avoiding dairy like the plague this week. I don't do much anyway, usually just a greek yogurt now and then...not even cheese, as a rule.

Ginger - Apr 21, 2010 10:06:08 am PDT #16773 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I know we have a variety of dietary persuasions here, but the most available form of iron (heme) is found in red meat, particularly beef and liver. Heme iron is absorbed two to three times as efficiently and can increase the absorption of iron from plant sources. (CDC on iron deficiency [link]

WindSparrow - Apr 21, 2010 10:08:13 am PDT #16774 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

milk products are the kryptonite of iron.

But we knew that before, right?

Well, I didn't know that. I'm not one of the affected people, but I do love the hivemind for being able to share knowledge like this. Who knows when something will come along, and it will be something I need to know. Also, love the way you say it.

Zenkitty - Apr 21, 2010 10:12:14 am PDT #16775 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Yeah, calcium inhibits iron absorption.

So you actually are better off drinking a soda with your burger than milk!

omnis_audis - Apr 21, 2010 10:18:36 am PDT #16776 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

but ice cream is ok, right? Milkshakes? Please! Don't take away Burger & Shake combo!! It's unAmerican! Wait! So would the cheese on a Cheeseburger be a problem too? OMG! We really should eat kosher!

Hil R. - Apr 21, 2010 10:24:06 am PDT #16777 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I don't really have any ideas about iron. I haven't eaten meat since 1994, and my iron levels are consistently on the high end of normal, sometimes veering into too high. I even take iron-free vitamins.

Zenkitty - Apr 21, 2010 10:24:14 am PDT #16778 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Actually, I don't think calcium significantly inhibits the absorption of heme iron. You can haz cheesburger.

Toddson - Apr 21, 2010 10:28:15 am PDT #16779 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

And the dairy's only a problem if your iron is low and you want to give blood.

Shir - Apr 21, 2010 10:39:18 am PDT #16780 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

but ice cream is ok, right? Milkshakes? Please! Don't take away Burger & Shake combo!! It's unAmerican! Wait! So would the cheese on a Cheeseburger be a problem too? OMG! We really should eat kosher!

Jews. They've been on it since ions ago.

WindSparrow - Apr 21, 2010 10:43:50 am PDT #16781 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Jews.

I misread that as "Jaws". I think I need a nap.

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