Barb, thanks for that rec, even though it wasn't for me! I feel much better since I started taking an iron supplement, but I wasn't real happy with the usual ferrous sulfate ferrous oxide supplements. Let me just go gnaw on a skillet, what's the diff... The vitamin C helps non-heme (non-animal-source) iron to be absorbed. And apparently red wine, coffee, and tea block absorption of iron, so you have to not ingest them at the same time.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
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Zenkitty - Sep 16, 2011 7:16:24 am PDT #29682 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
le nubian - Sep 16, 2011 7:17:35 am PDT #29683 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
and avoid dairy soon after taking. seriously.
Steph L. - Sep 16, 2011 7:23:35 am PDT #29684 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
And apparently red wine, coffee, and tea block absorption of iron, so you have to not ingest them at the same time.
and avoid dairy soon after taking. seriously.
Not just dairy, but calcium -- iron and calcium will "compete" for absorption, and so neither one will be fully absorbed.
Which is why it pisses me off that most multivitamins have iron and calcium in them. I take my calcium (when I remember) at bedtime.
brenda m - Sep 16, 2011 7:25:28 am PDT #29685 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I take my calcium at cheese time.
le nubian - Sep 16, 2011 7:25:45 am PDT #29686 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
good to know about the calcium in general. I just knew dairy kicked my ass.
Steph L. - Sep 16, 2011 7:27:52 am PDT #29687 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I take my calcium at cheese time.
We went to the Reds game last night b/c a friend had won a raffle at her company to use their private box, including a big huge Beowulf mead-hall-type spread (okay, no roasted pig or other animal), and I think I ate my weight in Brie and shrimp. At a fucking baseball game. It was hilarious.
t edit Also, Tim doesn't really know a lot about baseball, so I tried to make shit up to fuck with him, like, in the 7th inning, every batter is allowed to punch the catcher in the head if the second pitch is a strike.
I don't think he believed me.
Barb - Sep 16, 2011 7:30:16 am PDT #29688 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Let me just go gnaw on a skillet, what's the diff...
Ain't that the truth? *bleargh*
And apparently red wine, coffee, and tea block absorption of iron, so you have to not ingest them at the same time.
Yeah, that was the other thing my doc told me-- to take the iron/C combo, then wait 30 minutes before drinking or eating anything other than water, just to help with absorption.
So I take it first thing after I wake up. By the time I've finished getting ready, 30 minutes or so have passed and I then have my coffee.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 16, 2011 7:33:08 am PDT #29689 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Also, Tim doesn't really know a lot about baseball, so I tried to make shit up to fuck with him, like, in the 7th inning, every batter is allowed to punch the catcher in the head if the second pitch is a strike.
lulz!
Zenkitty - Sep 16, 2011 7:41:12 am PDT #29690 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
And calcium, of course! I was also told that taking the non-heme iron (spinach is a good source of iron!) along with heme iron also helps absorption. So, for me, meat and/or egg yolks plus vitamin C plus iron supplement for breakfast, and nothing else to eat for a while.
Steph L. - Sep 16, 2011 7:41:45 am PDT #29691 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I realized, to my utter shame, that I've never watched Bull Durham with him in all this time. (The pitcher and catcher were confabbing on the mound, and I said, "They're talking about candlesticks." Tim just looked at me blankly. I said, "I've never made you watch Bull Durham?!?" He said, "No, and I think you've made the candlestick comment before." Well, OF COURSE I have.)