I woke up this morning with a scratchy throat and lots of school work! I stopped at whole foods on the way to campus to grab a kombucha and I just know this mid am snack will hold me over through lecture on anemia.
She uses oils at the end and some “thai-therapy” techniques to help align your shoulders, etc. in shavasana. She gave us so many great challenging options throughout class, like going from side plank (abs!), right to yogi toe grip (balancing on one leg and one arm), then to monkey pose (a full split). Another fun one was from tree pose , to eagle, to Standing split ( one foot on the ground, one foot in the air like a split), turning to half moon pose, then coming down to triangle pose, then pyramid pose ( this is for all you “yogi’s” out there to get an idea of the challenge!)
Mind:
Finished up notes for the liver case study but needed to type it all out in readable format.
No one showed up for the first tutoring session for Nutrient Metabolism ( boo!), but I did chat with a few girls in the class and refreshed my memory of Thiamin, Niacin, and Riboflavin for Thursday’s lecture discussion I am guiding. They haven’t covered much yet but I think I have some takers before the first exam.
Soul:
I finally feel like I have a place in life, like I have a plan, and know what I want, who I want it to be with, and I am just looking forward to my dreams coming true.
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I still haven’t tried kombucha, how is it? Hope you feel better and don’t get sick!
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I see you love Larabars and the elliptical, two of my favorite things
Glad to hear things are going well
Have you talked to him at all? Shoot me an email if you get a chance.
I also have still not tried the kombucha. I’m too scared! The yoga sounds incredible. Hope that you’re having a great night
Hey! you will have to figure me out in anemia lecture! I have been hopelessly anemic since at least 2005, despite plenty of dietary sources of iron as well as supplements! and I even try eating vitamin C rich foods WITH my iron rich foods!
My thoughts on it:
a.) I don’t always eat iron rich foods separate from my real favorite foods, which are all the things that block absorption: green tea, dairy, soy, fiber, etc.
b.) my body just hates iron!
Laur- ( since I know you, I am not concerned with how my input is taken but if anyone else should read – I must disclaim that I am a student in a Master’s Program for Nutrition and Didactic Program for Dietetics and not Registered as a Dietitian (yet!) so any advice I give is personal NOT professional)
There are lots of anemia types. Its great that you recognize Vitamin C as an absorption enhancer for iron! I would guess right away that you have pernicious anemia, which results from a Vitamin B12 deficiency. It is tricky to figure out, and often masked as a folate deficiency. The only source of Vitamin B12 is animal- meat, chicken, pork, milk, etc. even supplemental must use animals to make it. Other anemias could be from folate deficiency, but I bet you get enough folate with supplements, dark leafy greens and cereals, which are fortified with folate thanks to the government.
B12 is trickier because it needs enough stomach acid to be cleaved, and then it needs a binding factor for absorption- Deficiency symptoms can take years to develop, and show up as lethargy, anemia, etc.
You mention that you are consuming enough dietary iron, so the anemia wouldn’t be from lack of iron intake. Are you consuming both Heme and Nonheme iron ( animal iron and plant iron)? … If not, this could be an issue because plant iron ( from legumes, beans, etc) is not well absorbed because it has to be reduced to get into our cells, etc.
The last possibility is intestinal absorption, which could be from those things you mention like eating too many inhibting foods ( the tea, fiber, etc.).
What do you think? I might post this in an “Anemia” post..
I don’t eat most animal products.
no meat, no fish, etc.
only yogurt, cheese, and sometimes eggs.
so I know that is one thing.
My blood levels always show low Ferritin and high iron binding or something. My Dr explained that my body is trying really hard to bind to iron, there just isn’t any there!
I will copy and paste my blood work results:
(They get flagged H for high and L for low.)
Iron(Fe) (ug/dL): 64 L
Total Iron Binding Cap.(TIBC) (ug/dL): 466 H
% Iron(Fe) Saturation ( %): 17 L
Ferritin: 8 L (Standard Range 10-282 ng/mL)
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