Friday, August 6, 2010

pumping iron

So I just spent some quality time with my GYN the other day (my appointment was supposed to be TODAY, my birthday....hellooo, who wants to do THAT on their bday? ewww) They called with the results of my blood work to tell me my iron was a little low.  The remedy is simple - take OTC iron supplements and a vitamin.  Well.  I can't take iron supplements, they make me puke, or feel so bad I wish I could puke.  Option B - eat iron rich foods.  I can do that.  I googled "iron rich foods" and the first list I take a look at has the following foods  (along with how many mg/serving, %RDA, whatev)

Cockles boiled 28mg 155%                          
Black Pudding 20mg 111%
Liver 9mg 50%                                              
Fish Paste 9mg 50%
Faggots 8.3mg 46%              .....is anyone else going WTF right about now?!
Kidney 8mg 44%                                          
Venison 7.8mg 43%
Heart 7.7mg 43%                  **I guess it doesn't matter what kind? or whose?
Mussels boiled 7mg 39%
Liver Pate 7mg 39%
Liver Sausage 6.4mg 36%
Goose 5mg 28%
Pheasant 5mg 28%
Shrimps canned 5mg 28%
Haggis 4.8mg 27%
Sardines canned 4.5mg 27%
Anchovies canned 4mg 22%
Whitebait 4mg 22%
Tongue Ox 3mg 17%               **Yeah, there's a bunch of that laying around
Pilchards canned 2.7mg 16%  **pills, I got....pilchards? not so much.
Beef lean 2.5mg 16%               **finally, something I actually like and can find at the local WAL-Mart :P

So anyway....I need to keep searching.  and eat a steak. 

But first, there is a chocolate cobbler in my future.  holla :-)

5 comments:

  1. Those are some odd sources!

    Happy birthday!

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  2. I have slight anemia too, I just take the supplement and call it a day, there is no way in hell I'm eating something called boiled cockles or faggots!

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  3. Happy Birthday!! And that is one crazy list of food! I had anemia awhile back, and I know there are other food sources out there for iron - lean beef is a good one though... and fortified cereals, bread, and even a multi-vitamin.

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  4. Mmmm. Faggots. Yum yum Yum! I also wonder about the Cockles. Is that plural for Cankle... or something else??

    Happy belated!

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  5. We're having Faggots & Cockles for supper tonight! I get low iron too. And when I try to up the iron, I can't poop! Sucks all the way around! :)

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