Iron Confusion...Please Help!
Can someone PLEASE explain this to me?
I used to take Vitalady's Tender Iron (60mg) with Vitamin C (400mg) three times a day...this is only 180mg of Iron - would I really need to take ANOTHER three pills to get to my MD's recommendation of 325 mg?!
Maybe the point is moot since I no longer take this kind due to severe constipation that even couldn't be 'controlled' by taking three stool softeners a day
So now I take Solgar Gentle Iron - it's non-constipating and states on the label that it's got 25 mg Iron (As Iron Bisglycinate). Again, do I really need to take 13 pills to meet the daily recommendation?!
Sorry if this is a dumb question with a very simple answer. Thanks!
Surgery Date: May 23, 2011
HW: 307.9 SW: 299.5 CW: 181.8 GW: 155
they most likley were talking about: 325 mg Ferrous Sulfate that is equal to 65mg elemental Iron.
Since you take 3 x 60 mg= 180 mg of elemental iron..If you absorb the iron (some do not - no matter what) -then you are taking almsot 3 times what they are talking about...
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What you were taking is correct. You're taking carbonyl iron, which is all elemental iron. The ASMBS recommends 54-63 mg elemental iron for menstruating women and 36 mg for everyone else.
You were just talking to a nutritionist and nurse that don't know the difference in different types of iron and aren't familiar with the ASMBS guidelines, like they should be.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
on 4/24/12 8:47 am - waukesha, WI
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
