iron deficiency

Have been feeling quite good lately after joining these forums and getting some helpful replys however, I feel I am sleeping to much as I slept 11 hours last night and have been sleeping much the same over the last 2 weeks.

My understanding that inflammatory arthritis can be part of a cause of Iron deficiency, however I personally know that my diet isn't high in iron.

I am going to run my own personal experiment and start taking multi vitamins and not skipping breakfast, and well eat fish which I do, because I love fish.

I sometimes feel light headed and blurred vision when getting up from a laying position however, I was told if this only happens occassionally everything is fine.

I'm not posting this because I am worried but just to put across that Iron in your diet is very important, especially if you have any inflammatory diseases or just have a low iron diet.

Foods that may help:

Fish, Beef, Chicken. Even Liver and kidney are a "high" source of iron, yucky but healthy.

Vegetarians are well known to have iron deficiency so I have listed afew foods for them also:

iron-fortified breakfast cereals, Beans, Lentils, cooked brocoli.

If I have missed any foods I am sorry, feel free to add some.

If anyone is having symptoms of anemia, they should not diagnose themselves as there are other serious illnesses that can cause anemia, so always consult your gp and get a blood test to rule out any other potential problems.

FACT: It is thought that up to five per cent of the Australian population has iron deficiency anaemia. Australia is however made up of more than just Australian's, as we are proudly a multi-cultural country, so this does not rule out the fact that all types of cultural diets can't cause Iron deficiency.

Thanks for viewing my thread and comments and critisism are most welcome.

REMEMBER:

Recommended dietary intakes (per day)