Being nearly Vegan, all I can say is nasty nasty stupid doctors. I have never head of prescribing mean or animal products for Iron. Unusually crappy not so good iron supplements are prescribed. Actually if you can eat them, legumes/ beans have far more assimilable iron in them, then meat. Many veggies have iron in them, so I have to wonder why you are iron anemic. Either your not eating a healthy Vegetarian diet or you have other issues.

I grabbed this online just now, it should help: www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.htm

Iron rich spices: www.ferralet.com/Patient_I...pices.aspx

Other approaches to anemia and fixes: www.mothernature.com/Library...5/58.cfm

Some good advice and good to be aware of, to get more iron in your body. books.google.com/books

My X mother in-law and wife had problems with Anemia, they took Nature Sunshine brand of herb. Barbary root, and it solved their anemia in 6 to 8 weeks.

I am also a Empathic Medical Intuitive; I sense you have low stomach acid, which seems to be caused by low B-12 in your body. I have that problem, but i t is caused by autoimmune problems, so I have to take 2,000 a day in oral tabs from the health food store. B-12 is needed to repair the myelin sheaths on your nerves and you can get MS like damage if it is too low. But you need B-12 to produce stomach acid. Without enough acid, you will not be able to digest minerals and heavier foods. Meat eaters need twice as much B-12, to be able to produce enough acid to digest it. If you are deficient in B-12, you will deplete your B-12 twice as fast.

There are quite a few factors involved with absorbing B-12, and if anyone is missing, it does not happen. I have lots of B-12 in my blood, but not able to use most of it, so I have to take high amounts daily.

If low on B-12, that alone can cause fatigue and weakness and a clouded mind, and alter you mental state, to be more nervous, fearful, anxious, depressed and what ever.

Does this make any sense?

David

I have some iron suggestions on the vegan nutrition page of my website:
www.healingartsbyamethyst.com/veg...html

Good luck!

Seaweed is a great source of iron.

Also, spinach doesn't have as much iron as people think. When the initial testing was done, the scientist accidentally put the decimal in the wrong place, making it look like it had tons. By the time they caught the error, it was already public minds that spinach had a lot of iron, so it's never been corrected.

Last Fall I found out I was very low iron and B12.
Phooey on iron supplements "not being enough." That is a load of crap. I took iron supplements daily and my iron level was up in just a few weeks and has stayed up ever since. I take Slow-FE from the drugstore.

Supplements are fine. Especially in the beginning when you need to get some iron in your body NOW.

I've noticed a lot of people have already mentioned foods that have iron so I'll just add on some extra tips that I remember from when I had probs with anaemia due to my endometriosis (was not because of my vegetarian lifestyle).

When having your iron enriched foods, also have something rich with vitamin C such as orange juice or blackcurrant juice. Vitamin C helps your body to absorb iron. So if you're low on Vit C, having lots of iron still may not help.

Now caffeine has the opposite effect - it reduces iron in the body. So if you're one of those people who like to have a coffee with their meal, it may be a good idea to change it to a juice instead. If you drink a lot of coffee, it may be a good idea to cut down.