Quickest way to get iron levels up?

Question

Haemoglobin is 10.
Ferritin is 4.
Waiting on a prescription for Iron but is there any other ways to get it up? I've always had low iron but when I'm pregnant it drops through the floor. I've had to have iron infusions in a previous pregnancy when Haemoglobin was 8, and blood transfusions when it dropped to below 7. What else is good for iron whilst I wait for my prescription?

Answer

Eat foods high in iron: meats, fish, beans, eggs, cereal and eat/drink something containing vitamin C along with those foods. Things with vitamin C would be like citrus fruits, bell peppers, orange juice. The vitamin C helps your body absorb more iron from the food.

Answer

High iron foods
Lentils
Chickpeas
Tofu 
White beans
Organ meats (liver)
Soybeans
Cereal is a great and easy option. Look at the bran flakes type cereals. 
My grocery store (H‑E‑B) has a cereal called “Fiber Cereal”. It has 6.8mg of iron per serving.

Answer

Avoids tea and coffee including decaf.
Take iron supplements 2x daily
Avoid calcium/dairy when you take iron supplements or iron rich foods bc it inhibits absorption 
Include vitamin C when you take iron supplements or iron rich foods (like fruit with your supplement or tomato sauce with beef) because it enhances absorption

Answer

Red meat and liver are the best for absorption because it’s heme iron which means it’s much easier to absorb. That said, lentils and beans are great sources of iron too. I struggle with this problem and I definitely am bad at getting it in my diet too! Doesn’t help that all the foods I want to eat are low in iron lol. I also look for foods fortified with iron.

Answer

You’d want to avoid caffeine too.

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