I was telling The Boyfriend that I constantly feel like passing out whenever I have my period, & he was like, "Have you ever taken an iron supplement?" And I was all LOL NO
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If your blood has been low-iron even when you aren't on your period (e.g., when you're trying to donate blood) there might be a chance that your levels are low on a regular basis and that the supplements can help reverse iron deficiency. But yeah, there's no way to know without seeing a doctor and I'm not about to recommend taking it full time since I'm not one - but if I were in your position I would be curious to know more about my iron condition.
I'm super anemic. And taking iron pills seems not to improve my situation very much (so that's probably not good...) but what the doctor told me was, it takes about 3 months for your red blood cells to cycle completely. You can only absorb as much iron in a day as the number of new red blood cells that you make. So, you need to take the supplement consistently over a long period of time to get a get out of the anemia cycle. (May take considerably less to decrease period pains, though).
A nutritionist in one of my classes says that rather than taking a lot of a vitamin all at once, it's much better to take it in small doses though out the day (because you can only absorb so much at a time, and you pee out the rest).
Aaand, that's pretty much everything I know. A woman's iron needs are so high, that it's almost impossible to take too much iron.
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A nutritionist in one of my classes says that rather than taking a lot of a vitamin all at once, it's much better to take it in small doses though out the day (because you can only absorb so much at a time, and you pee out the rest).
Aaand, that's pretty much everything I know. A woman's iron needs are so high, that it's almost impossible to take too much iron.
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