*HEAD SLAP* Calcium & Iron
It's the other way around - calcium blocks iron.
Kelly
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as far as I know it is 300mg of calcium but to make sure, I don't take them together at all. I doubt 50 mg would do much. How much iron are you taking and what type? Are you taking it within 2-4 hours of thyroid medicatioN? You want to take carbonyl iron with vitamin C - 200mg of vitamin C per 30mg of iron. WIth a ferritin level as low as yours, you need high dose carbonyl irons - the difference between 16 and 21 isn't really much, there can always be a slight difference from day to day. I would recommend if you aren't already, get some tender irons from vitalady.com and take 3-4 per day to get your level up. IF this doesn't work, get some heme -break them in half and take them at a different par to the day as the carbonyl iron
unfortunately, ferrous fumerate is pretty useless for us = we can't absorb ferrous irons - ferrous irons need a highly acid environment and vitamin C isn't enough to do that. After WLS surgery, we no longer produce the acid needed and then if you take a PPI or other acid suppressing medication makes it impossible to absorb it. We need to take either carbonyl with vitamin C or heme and 29mg is doubtfully enough to have levels high enough for any of us. Minimum starting dose is usually 60mg = my NUT starts all patients with 150mg
I went to both bariatric advantage and celebrate websites - bariatric advantage irons are all carbonyl irons only excess the passion fruit which must be the one you are taking which is a combination of ferrous fumerate and carbonyl iron. The ones with just carbonyl iron aren't great either because they dont' have nearly enough vitamin C in them, so you would have to take extra vitamin C with them. the ones from celebrate are pure carbonyl iron and again, don't have enough vitamin C - you need 200mg of vitamin C for every 30mg of iron. As far as I know, the only place to get the proper combination is at vitalady.com and they are called tender irons - they are 60mg of carbonyl iron with 400mg of vitamin C per capsule - they are very easy on your stomach, non-constipating and easily absorbed. Most people start taking anywhere from 1-2 at a time and then adjust there dose from there but can take up to 5 if needed.
You can't take them within 2-4 hours of calcium or thyroid medication.
You can't take them within 2-4 hours of calcium or thyroid medication.
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