As far as I can remember, anemia is a condition where the blood lacks red blood cells. Hemoglobin and red blood cells work in tandem to deliver oxygen throughout the body.

As I understand it, our blood is red, because thats the color iron oxidizes. Iron is essential as iron when it oxidizes binds with oxygen and it transported to the tissues of the body via the bloodstream.

I'm certain others will have a better explanation, but this is all I really know on the subject.

I do know however, that if you simply eat a couple of hamburgs a week, chances are you will raise the level of iron in your body; or any red meat for that matter.

Either way, go ahead and get the vitamins or eat the red meat and handle the situation. Then you can stop worrying

I do know however, that if you simply eat a couple of hamburgs a week, chances are you will raise the level of iron in your body; or any red meat for that matter.

I don't eat hamburgers, barely, I usually get the fish or chicken if I do eat fast food. But we do have mince meat, what do they call it hear, ground meat, (sometimes forget that!) ever so often. I'm planning to cook that today, although I was going to have that three bean soup Whip told me about. Maybe I'll do both!

Thx for the advice I'll have to make sure I control that. My mom always said for me to eat liver, which is the best red meat to have and I haven't had that in a long while.

Oooh, oooh...do you have a cold or something minor like that? Little known fact that if you're sick your body withholds iron because bacteria do better with iron around. It's another of immune system's little tricks to defeat the pathogen menace. So...don't take iron supplements when you have a cold, otherwise it'll drag it out a bit longer.

If that's not the case, then chomp on a steak or something and you'll be fine. The sickle cell trait might contribute...seeing as how it's deemed sickle cell anemia...or at least it used to be according to my memory.

Yeah, that first part I learned in my zoo class...college is already paying off.

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So...don't take iron supplements when you have a cold, otherwise it'll drag it out a bit longer.

I've never heard that, thanks Shaun! But no, I don't have a cold.

If that's not the case, then chomp on a steak or something and you'll be fine.

Yes, more red meat is in order!

seeing as how it's deemed sickle cell anemia...or at least it used to be according to my memory

Right again!

Yeah, that first part I learned in my zoo class...college is already paying off.

Brilliant!