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⌈ Secret Post #2958 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Ugh. I have GERD already (in fact I'm pretty sure the anemia is being caused by the high dose of prevacid I take daily.) I would love to have more meat in my diet but it also exacerbates my constipation issues, so I'm practically vegetarian (well, dairy-tarian, more like). I probably should see about finding something that disguises the taste of spinach. Thanks for the idea!

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

You're probably right about the Prevacid -- most long term use of any kind of acid inhibitors is going to cause deficiencies (not just iron -- if you haven't already I'd get your B12 and D levels checked also if you've been on them a while) because you're not breaking down and absorbing food the way you otherwise would.

Red meat and spinach isn't the only source of iron, though. Actually there's some debate about spinach because while it contains a good amount of iron, it also contains oxalic acid which inhibits iron absorption, so if you eat a lot of it then you're probably not getting as much iron as you think.

Obviously red meat has the higher concentrations, but all meat has iron to some degree. Fish is also a good option, especially shellfish and oily fish. When it comes to non-heme iron (or non-meat-based iron) then you've got a lot more choice than just spinach! Almost all the leafy green vegetables contain decent iron (peas, broccoli etc.) and virtually all beans and pulses have good amounts of iron in them, as do a lot of nuts (cashews and pine nuts) and seeds (pumpkin or sesame seeds). Blackstrap molasses is also a good source, as are things like dried apricots and dried prunes/raisins. A lot of breakfast cereals come fortified with iron too, but make sure they're more on the fibre side than the sugary side to get the most absorption out of them. And like another anon said, make sure you also have plenty of Vit C in your diet to help absorb as much iron as you can.

A side benefit of all those things is that they won't aggravate either your GERD or your constipation problems.