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From:	Miriam (75.169.112.133)
Subject:	Re: iron
Date:	May 14, 2010 at 1:04 pm PST

In Reply to: iron posted by Hadasa on April 29, 2010 at 6:03 am:

I also have issues with low iron. During my last pregnancy my iron came back a little too low during my last trimester. I was able to get it back up to normal by eating lots of spinach, legumes (especially split peas) and soaked pumpkin seeds.
I read in many books that pumpkin seeds are iron rich.
I also found an 100% herbal IRON supplement that I took for the last few weeks of my pregnancy.
One more thing...I found this Blood Builder Smoothie recipe (I believe it's a Brendan Brazier recipe):
1 banana
1 orange
2 cups cold water
2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
1 tbsp ground flaxseed
1 tbsp hemp protein (I just used raw hemp seeds)
1 tbsp agave nectar
1 tbsp hemp oil
1/4 tsp cloves
(this makes 2 large servings
Good Luck!

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