Iron suppliment

[Sam75]

I have just added iron supplement to my others, and find Im getting griping pains, I keep reading little gems of information that you should not take certain supps with certain foods, but don't know which ?? also just noted that broccoli is a problem with some of us, any advice please ...thanks X

[shaws Administrator]

Always take supplement about 4 hours apart from thyroid gland medication. Does it say on the iron pills to take with food? Some members who take iron will advise.

This is a list of foods to avoid.

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/treatm...

[Sam75 in reply to shaws]

I have read all the bumf on these iron tabs and nowhere does it say to take with food

just says one a day...not very helpful, but Im taking it after midday meal

[Sirona]

I think the thing with some food stuffs like broccoli & spinach etc is that they're ok if well cooked, as cooking destroys the goitrogenic elements. Just don't use them for juicing or raw in salads etc.

[Sirona]

What type of iron is it you're taking - some are easier on the digestive system than others.

[Sam75]

They are from healthspan just called iron care...irion 14 mg (100)

1, a day...take mine after a meal.

[rubysjules in reply to Sam75]

its quite common for people to be intolerant of iron supplements. i am prescribed ferrous fumarate 3 times a day and can only tolerate it twice so that's what i take! its taken nearly 2 years to get my iron up on this big dose as i had non in my body at all! I am also vegeatarian and semi gluten free and now hypo! having to change my routines with the levo and all my other meds, bp, reflux etc!!

[Sam75]

Oh ! what a nuisance bodies are, I just wish all the pill taking wasn't so complicated....

Still as long as we can still laugh about it just now and then life is still worth living.