Lisa Thank you for posting my email and thank you to all
who replied re. health insurers, your information has been a great
help.
Cheers Rochelle
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Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:20
AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Anaemia
remedies
At booking I give women a list of iron and calcium rich foods
which has the contained number of mg per serve and the daily dietary intake
necessary and ask them to work out ensure they are getting enough. If they
find they arent then we discuss ways of increasing this. Most women can
increase their intake sufficiently once they are aware of the higher sources
and the ways in which absorption can be increased such as taking sources of
vit c at the same time and having plant and animal sources together such as
spinach and meat.
Parsley & Pineapple juice is simple and I am sure
women would have to have more than one glass a day for the uric acid build up
to be a problem if her kidney function is normal. Also juice bars have shot
sized serves of grasses which are also good. Some women prefer liquid iron
called ferro force which can be bought from health food shops or naturopaths.
We tend to focus on iron but if women's iron stores are low I would
suspect that her stores of other vital minerals such as magnesium and zinc are
also low and this is where multi vitamins can be of value.
Andrea
On
12/01/2006, at 10:40 AM, Helen and Graham wrote:
We are having a discussion about remedies for anaemia
in pregnancy at work at the moment. One of the midwives has been
recommending parsley and pineapple juice but one of the doctors is saying it
causes a build up of uric acid?!
I recall
hearing about floradix being recommended by some midwives and Elevit by
others.
Apart from FGF, I would be
interested in what people are recommending in their
practices.
Thanks
Helen
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