hemeyglomin level extremaly low (iron) doctor told me i HAVE to eat liver and red meat ?!

your doctor is a crock
you can get iron from more than red meat
Egg yolks
Dark, leafy greens (spinach, collards)
Dried fruit (prunes, raisins)
Iron-enriched cereals and grains (check the labels)
Beans, lentils, chick peas and soybeans
Artichokes

are all high in iron

There are lots of veggies that have iron in them. But there are also other veggies that contain oxalate which inhibits your body's ability to absorb both iron and calcium. Soy contains a lot of oxalate. If you're eating a lot of fake meats, soy milk, soy cereal, etc., that might be stopping you from absorbing the iron in your foods.

There's no veggie that will get your iron levels back like meat will....especially liver. Here's a link to VEGAN RD Jack Norris' site about iron levels. Read it. It has the best info you're likely to get from a veg*n on what you need to supplement your diet with to stay healthy as a veg*n. And you do need to supplement.

http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/iron

Iron is found in food in two forms, heme and non-heme iron. Heme iron, which makes up 40 percent of the iron in meat, poultry, and fish, is well absorbed. Non-heme iron, 60 percent of the iron in animal tissue and all the iron in plants (fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts) is less well absorbed. Vegan diets only contain non-heme iron. Because of this, iron recommendations are higher for vegetarians (including vegans) than for non-vegetarians. The RDA for iron is 14 milligrams per day for vegetarian men and for women after menopause, and 33 milligrams per day for women prior to menopause.

So if you're going off of the iron percentages on nutrition labels, tallying them up by the end of the day and the numbers say you've gotten 100% of your daily iron, chances are that you only absorbed about 60% of that iron if it was only from plant sources.

Vegetarian Resource Group
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.htm

I am a vegan and my iron levels are actually a little on the high side. I don't supplement with iron...I just eat properly.

Unfortunately, doctors don't always know much about nutrition. It's sad and should be a requirement, but it's not. Like the average person, your doctor mistakenly believes that liver and red meats are the highest sources of iron...but they simply are NOT. After all, there are plenty of anemics that eat meat!

I actually wrote a blog post all about iron. It tells you everything you want to know, including CHEAP FOOD sources of iron you can just sneak right into your daily meals: http://tinyurl.com/3anud79

Stuff you'll learn from that blog post:
-what iron does
-what heme iron and non-heme iron is
-how much iron is actually found in plant foods

One great example from that blog post: beef has 3% of your daily value of iron per ounce, while dried thyme (an herb found in any spice selection at any grocery store) has a whopping 192% of your daily value of iron per ounce!

Well it depends on what you have already been eating. There are certain nutrients you need which help you absorb the iron from plants, and other nutrients which prevent iron absorption. This may be the cause of your low iron levels, or you may have an enzyme deficiency, or you may not be eating enough. IF you are eating enough vegies then it could be your enzymes...

Anyway here is a list of iron rich foods: http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/nutrition/…


Here are some foods which help you absorb iron:

* Fruits: Orange, Orange Juice, cantaloupe, strawberries, grapefruit etc
* Vegetables: Broccoli, brussels sprouts, tomato, tomato juice, potato, green & red peppers
* White wine

These make it harder to absorb iron:

* Red Wine, Coffee & Tea
* Vegetables: Spinach, chard, beet greens, rhubarb and sweet potato
* Whole grains and bran
* Soy products

http://www.healthcastle.com/iron.shtml

Use over the counter iron pills. I am unsure if they are made from heme iron (meat) or non-heme iron. You will just be taking a pill, and not eating meat even if they were made from meat. I enclosed an article about iron, and it looks like they contain the mineral iron (ferrous sulfate) only (no meat).

http://ibdcrohns.about.com/cs/nutrition/…
http://www.drugs.com/ferrous_sulfate.htm…

Sack your doctor, gee what a crackpot. I wonder what he'd say if you were Hindu.

What a ridiculous thing to say. **** him. I'm sorry but he is a really stupid person.

Iron- spinach, lentils, chickpeas, brazil nuts. egg , cheese, soymilk, soy yoghurt
beets, sweet potato, pumpkin, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds ( all seeds are very very good)
Baked tofu- get the really good baked stuff. It's cheaper than that horrible flabby stuff in white square tubs- find a good thai market, i'ts pressed down and chewy, rich dense, and so good. Full of iron.
All rich green veg- kale, collards, parsley-= you would probably be eating too MUCH iron if you have a juice like this every day:
Spinach, beets, apple, parsley ( I drank this daily for years it is SOO good)

To eat like snacking- nuts, raisins ( both are HIGH is iron).
Bananas, avocado, hummous ( eat that with pita bread and cream cheese).

Sorry but he sounds awful

A cup of asparagus alone has 7gm.s of iron... The average person needs 10-14 a day. You might need more, and a big bowl of iron rich veggies and fruits (like kiwi) may give you more than 14 (you may need more than 14mg if your body is having iron issues)
And there is also an iron pill.
Talk to your doctor, ask him/her if those are good options for you.

dude you rather listen to a bunch of random people in YA with no knowledge whatsoever than listening to your doctor???

eat your meat, if your doctor recommends it is because you need it DUH!

Common sense is not so common since a lot of people lacks of it

You need to do some serious research into how to have a healthy vegetarian diet to make sure you get enough iron