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Low Iron

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    #32
    rantyface
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭rantyface


    Moonbaby wrote: »



    How do you mean seeing spots?

    Whenever my iron is low I feel slightly dizzy and I sometimes see purple spots when I stand up.


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    #33
    Sapsorrow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭Sapsorrow


    rantyface wrote: »
    Whenever my iron is low I feel slightly dizzy and I sometimes see purple spots when I stand up.

    Sounds like low blood pressure to me, get it checked out may have nothing to do with iron stores!


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    #34
    -lala-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 301 ✭✭-lala-


    khrystyna100 wrote: »
    Sounds like low blood pressure to me, get it checked out may have nothing to do with iron stores!

    I agree with this - get your blood pressure checked, and be sure to drink lots and lots of water all the time!


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    #35
    Thoushaltnot
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Thoushaltnot


    Guavas, papayas and kiwi fruit are all excellent sources of Vit C (as are good, old fashioned rosehips) - tropical salad with your iron/"meat" meal?
    However, exposure to sunlight or long term cold storage reduces Vit C content, as does cooking.
    When Vit C and Vit E are taken together, they boost each other's performance.

    Warning for wimmins though, I have read that a high dose of vit C will reduce the effectiveness of the Pill. To counteract this, I'd have my "calcium" meal at Pill taking time and "iron" meal 12 hours later. That was 10 years ago and a quick check on the 'net seems to not disagree.

    And for that other poster, humans have been eaing algae/seaweeds for centuries - see here;
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algaculture


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