Mild anaemia

[chickpea]

Hi Shelley I just got the results back for a full blood count from my docs. I'm slightly anaemic which explains a few things..... Haemoglobin at 10.6 (ref 11-16.5). Some others are borderline and M.P.V. is slightly high at 11.6 (7.5-11.5). I've given up eggs and dark veggies as they're listed as high sulphur foods in Andy's book

I'm a bit wary of iron supplements (an iridologist told me to avoid them after examining my eyes) but just bought an iron liquid supplement containing....

fructose syrup extracted from chicory root,
concentrated prune and apple juice,
sugar cane molasses,
bilberry juice,
iron gluconate
dry extract of nettles
riboflavin
vit B6
folic acid
B12
maltodextrin

(8.4 carbs per 10ml)
Haven't opened it yet, wanted your opinion, do you think too much sugars?
I've also just bought some organic beef!

Thanks again
Anne
P.S. I think it's partly to do with B12 and folic acid deficiency.
Also Andy said chelation can *help* anaemia.

[shelley]

that supplement definitely hits all the bases for iron deficiency, except for stomach acids. Low stomach acids means you do not properly absorb the B's or the Iron when you do eat it, so do take the stomach acid test and see if that's contributing. Also be sure tot ake this supplement apart from calcium or anything that neutralizes stomach acids.

I don't think that's too much sugar unless you have a bad bad case of systemic candida, and your candida issues are mostly mercury weirdness so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Obviously you want to stick to Stevia as much as possible, but you really can't properly heal from the mercury poisoning, or prevent further poisoning, without iron, so this is the best choice.

Despite the irridoligist's recommendation, I'd still consider taking Iron Asporotate. It's not ferrous sulfate, which is what most people have problems with. Iron Asporotate is a mix of several different kinds of iron, including iron citrate and a chelated iron that is easy to digest and not dependent on stomach acids for good absorption. It's like the iron equivelent of Emergen-C or Cal-Mag Fizz - very buffered. Solaray has it at 100 mg, which is the RDA, not an overdose. I'd consider taking that several times a week if I were you, because if your hemoglobin gets any lower you're going to be VERY miserable! Believe me, I know! I'm at 9.6 currently.

Congrats on finding a good beef source! I'm planning on posting sources for pasture-grazed beef and hope to try Elk someday soon.

[chickpea]

Thanks Shelley,

Yes I think I do have low stomach acids though having said that I tend to get pain if I take a HCL supplement which means high stomach acids
I will try lemon with/before meals.

I just thought if you took iron in *any* synthetic form, it feeds the nasties When you said iron asporotate do you mean aspartate or orotate?

Andy said the other way round, you don't necessarily have to bring your iron levels up to chelate, rather, that chelation can help anaemia

Well I've been feeling pretty miserable already! I feel for you being 9.6 you mustn't be feeling great at all I hope you find some good quality beef!

Anne

[shelley]

Solaray calls it Asporotate because it has iron combined with aspartic acid, ctiric acid, and a special delactosed whey protein concentrate. Chelate in this case means the iron has been combined/extracted/mixed up so that you get a mix of iron aspartate, iron citrate, and iron orotate. Chelate in this case doesn't mean you're chelating metals from your body. Confusing, I know.

Too much of the wrong kind of iron will feed bacteria, this is true, but to get to a level high enough to have that affect takes tons of ferrous sulfate. Taking this kind and limiting it to the RDA dose rather than mega doses shouldn't do that at all. And that's really only a cause for concern if you are living in an area where there's an outbreak happening, or if you're at a high risk for pneumonia.

[chickpea]

OK thanks Shelley!