You've Been Diagnosed With Anemia, Now What?

© By Lena Sanchez

Your blood tests show you are anemic and your doctor prescribes iron. Is that really going to help? What kind of anemia do you have? Or did they test you to find out what kind?

If you are low in iron you are also low in a lot of other things as well, but blood tests aren't set up to screen for those other things unless the doctors requests it. They don't!

Anemia has many symptoms but the most common is fatigue. Your body needs the mineral iron plus vitamin B-12, folate. Selenium, vitamin C and a host of other minerals and vitamins to produce red blood cells. Without enough healthy red blood cells in circulation, your body cannot get the oxygen it needs to feel energized.

Another symptom of anemia is depression. Proven over and over is; any anemic condition will respond when given proper nutrition.

Your body needs vitamins and nutrients - that should be found in most foods - for many reasons, especially healthy blood. If your body is deficient in certain key vitamins and minerals you will develop anemia. Which one may be a guessing game on your part unless you have a very smart doctor. Most are under the impression that anemia is simply a lack of iron. Clueless here, isn't iron a mineral?

Anemia caused by a lack of iron is called iron deficiency anemia. There are also vitamin deficiency anemias, also known as megaloblastic anemias.

Vitamin C deficiency anemia. Your body needs vitamin C, found mainly in citrus fruits, to produce healthy blood cells. Vitamin C helps your body absorb iron, an important building block of red blood cells. Anyone who is malnourished is at risk of this and other vitamin-related anemias. Some conditions, such as hyperthyroidism, AIDS or cancer, can drain the body of vitamin C and lead to a deficiency.

Folate deficiency anemia. Folate, also known as vitamin B-9, is a nutrient found mainly in fresh fruits and leafy green vegetables. Most nutrients from food are absorbed in your small intestine. There are two causes of folate deficiency: Most common one is lacking in foods that contain folate; Second reason, the small intestine is unable to absorb folate, such as due to inflammatory bowel disease or surgical removal or bypassing the small intestine.

Anemia is a forerunner of other illnesses and may take years to show up!

I spent my lifetime being diagnosed with anemia as did my youngest daughter and we took iron like it was going out of style, since that's what our doctor's prescribed. Anemia stayed with us until we found the Ionic Liquid Minerals. Once we started taking those, eight years ago and balanced out our minerals, we have not had one day with anemia since.

When your body is given minerals it can produce vitamins in the quantity to keep our bone marrow healthy, which is where doctors diagnose anemia from.
Of course we also take MegaNutrient supplements to assure we get sufficient vitamins, but that has only been in the last two years that we started the meganutrient vitamin regimen.

If you have straight iron deficiency anemia get those minerals going NOW. Not the puny 24 or 36 minerals found in most supplements but 84 minerals and trace minerals that our body requires. If you have megaloblastic anemia add the meganutrients as well…

Wishing you health and an anemia free life.
Lena

***Lena Sanchez a happy retired Medical Office
Nurse/Administrator/Consultant who took charge of
her life 8 years ago and is committed to helping
others do the same in all areas of life… Editor of
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