I don't believe it.

[Archae]

I'm anemic!

Why, I can't figure it out, but I'm taking ferrous sulfate pills now, daily.

[astral]

1. I've been anemic too

You may also want to try starting on blackstrap molasses daily. It's loaded with iron and it's assimilable and is good for you in other ways too. But there is a big difference between blackstrap molasses and just plain molasses, so get the blackstrap.

Also high in iron:
dulse
kelp
(the highest)

rice bran
rice polish
wheat bran
pumpkin and squash seed
sesame seeds
(next highest)

wheat germ
irishmoss (?)
dried soybeans, pigeonpeas, white beans, lima beans

hot red pepper
dried mung beans
pistachoio nut
sunflower seed

dried red bean, checkpea, butternut, lentils, millet, pinto bean

Agar
parsley

peach
black walnut
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a shortened list of common items:

apricot, dried
pea, dried
almond
prune
wild rice
cashew (yuck!)
raisin
brazilnut, filbert, pilinut
Jerusalem artichoke
winter wheat
coconut meat, dry
beat greens
Swiss chard
dandelion greens
spinach
mustard greens
dates, figs, banas, tamarinds
kale leaves
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Anyways, this comes from "Composition and Facts about Foods" by Ford Heritage, which I finally got a new copy of after seeing it in the early 1980's and having a worn copy with a missing page. There's lots more things that contain iron, but this is just to point out that getting extra iron isn't as hard as it seems, but I'm all for supplementing if you're anemic! It sure helped me, but now I only supplement for periods of time now and then when I feel like I'm low on energy.

Were you diagnosed as to what kind of anemic you are? Because some types, I guess, require more than iron supplementation as your body isn't absorbing iron. I am not knowledgeable on the details on that.

[Avalux]

2. Try using cast iron cookware -

the food absorbs iron from the skillet, pot, etc. Are you talking your ferrous sulfate with food? If not, it's poorly absorbed by the body. :hi: