I need to get my iron up fast can you help me?!


Question: I need to get my iron up fast can you help me!?
there is a blood drive at my school in 4 days and i need a way to get my iron up and keep it up for then or they wont let me donate!. I do not take pills or suppliments but if you know of any non-expensive foods i could buy and eat or lead me to some sites that would help i would be so very obliged thank you ahead of timeWww@Answer-Health@Com


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you ever eat cream of wheat!? loaded with iron - iron supplement ( vitamins) are supper cheap you can pick them up at wal mart for 2 bucks ( ferrous sulfate 325mg) you need to drink something with lots of vitamin-c to absorb the iron though so lots of orange juice too orange juice and raisin bran lots of cereal have iron but if you don't have the vitamin c it will not absorb!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Buy Ferrous sulfate or Ferrous Gluconate pills at most any drug store OTC and take them as prescribed everyday!. They are iron pills!. I had low iron most all my life, I used to have to get shots of iron to build mine up!. Foods high in iron include spinach, beets and liver!. If you cook in an iron skillet it will build up faster, I even had to drink 1 oz!. of grape wine 4 times a day!. I almost got leukemia from my iron being so low!. I would probably double up on the pills for the 4 days but no longer than that!. Good luck, these things worked for me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

GREEN, LEAFY VEGGIES: Lettuce, collard greens, turnip greens, etc!.
You could also probably just google "blood iron" or something, for websites!.
Good luck!Www@Answer-Health@Com

I had border line anemia for a while and my doctor prescribed me iron pills!. it isnt a an over the counter thing but if you dont want that!.!.!. BEETS are really high in iron!. REALLY high!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Eat green vegetables!. I failed a physical one time because I had low iron and the nurse told me to eat a lot of green vegetables before I retook the physical!. It worked, and I passed!!Www@Answer-Health@Com

chicken, steak, peanut butter, tuna, and grab a kids multivitamin!. :) good luck!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.oh and drink juice before you go so you arent drained after!. sincerely Nurse JackieWww@Answer-Health@Com

Cook pinto beans, after they are done eat a bowl with the soup they are cooked in, That has a lot of iron!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Beef! Eat a lot of hamburgers for a while lol!.!.!.They have lots of iron and take vitamins with iron in them! :o)Www@Answer-Health@Com

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