Spirulina and iron

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Permalink Reply by FiddleMama on May 12, 2008 at 7:18pm

Thanks for your input! I do eat cooked eggs on occasion so I will keep that in mind. I'm afraid I'm a bit too squicked out to do the raw meat or marrow though. Other than being a bit dizzy, I don't have any other symptoms and the dizziness started directly after doing my first colonic so I wonder if maybe it may be related to that and possibly not anemia at all.

I'd welcome any thoughts- thanks so much!

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Permalink Reply by bitt on May 12, 2008 at 9:47pm

iron supplements have been deemed too dangerous, the best is to get it from food. i just for diagnosed with low iron as well so i have been researching some sources of iron in raw foods (vegan only).

here are some to get you started:
dried fruits--peaches, apricots, raisins
pumpkin seeds
greens--dandelion greens, kale, chicory, spinach, mustard greens. wheatgrass!

you can do a search for iron and different food types here:
http://www.nutritiondata.com/

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Permalink Reply by bueller on May 12, 2008 at 10:10pm

There's a great book called Baby Greens that talks all about that. It's all about the raw vegan diet, nursing and raising raw babies. I remember there being information on anemia. I will look later.

Here's the link.

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Permalink Reply by Joel on May 12, 2008 at 10:39pm

Is this the dizziness where you stand up and almost black out? Because that's me.

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Permalink Reply by Audrey on January 4, 2009 at 7:18pm

I have the dizziness when I go from lying down to standing up, and I am clinically diagnosed anemic/low iron. If anyone finds something that works for them, please post here. I have not tried the spirulina. Anyone with anemia try it, did it get rid of your symptoms like dizziness?

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Permalink Reply by Courtney Taylor on February 8, 2009 at 6:42pm

In addition to eating iron-rich raw foods, you may look into the Angstrom Iron from Mother Earth Minerals (http://meminerals.com). The angstrom minerals are something like 99% absorbable, which is a LOT more than from food (including meat). Especially since you're breastfeeding... it's better to be on the safe side and provide yourself and your baby with everything you may require :)

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Permalink Reply by Audrey on February 8, 2009 at 6:43pm

I have tried the angstrom iron drops. Maybe I didn't take enough, but I followed the directions and I did not feel any improvement. Also, I am not breastfeeding. I don't have a baby.

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