I finally got my acne under controll with bcp marvelon. But recently found out i have an iron definancy which is causing my hair to thin. So I began iron pills and bam, my face is a mess. So do i go bald and have nice skin or nice hair with acne??? argh any suggestions? And i am a vegatarian, so i have a hard time getting iron through foods.
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petite266(d) |
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Posts: 41 (04/14/04 19:16:36) |
I'm not sure what bcp marvelon is, but could it be that you're experiencing a break out due to the intitial phase of the iron supplement? Perhaps it will go away?? If not, try looking up these supplements made from food. Megafood. maybe the iron you're takin is synthetic and you're body can't absorb it well. It's just a hunch. See what Snipe thinks. He's always around here somewhere.
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snipe12 |
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Posts: 198 (04/15/04 09:46:14) |
Thanks Petite, I am always lurking
 .The most obvious place to get iron is from meat but seen as you're a veggie then you can get non-heme iron which is less easily absorbed than the meat equivalent from things like wholegrain cereals/flours, leafy green vegetables (eg. collards, kale, broccoli and other dark greens), eggs, blackstrap molasses, legumes (eg. lentils, red beans), apricots and figs. I would recommend you consume some foods with vitamin C as well because vitamin C is kind of a co-factor and will help your body absorb the vegetable type iron more easily. What Petite said about the iron could be causing an initial breakout could be correct in your situation. If it continues to give you acne try changing the make of iron you take and if you still have no luck then I suggest you find another way of sorting your skin because skin problems or no hair, I would choose to have skin problems any day. P.S. You are taking the iron and the Marvelon a few hours apart in case they interfere with each other right? |
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Cali90 |
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Posts: 12 (04/16/04 18:18:11) |
Hi Everyone...I would like to bring to everyone's attention that soaked and sprouted pumpkin seeds have TWICE THE AMOUNT OF IRON IN LIVER!!! They have to be raw, then soak overnight, then sprout 1-2 days...
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