posted November 16, 2015 11:53 PM            

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Originally posted by Vajra:
Yes. Better get your levels checked. And while you're at it you might want to check Zinc as well, which often is low if iron is low. You may need to supplement certain vitamins as well to enable iron supplement resorption. Do you drink a lot of coffee or tea per chance? Caffeine inhibits iron resorption, as do some other foodstuffs.

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posted November 24, 2015 06:47 PM            

Funny story about coffee?

When I was pregnant and didn't know it yet, the flavor or 'taste' changed.

It was my usual to eat breakfast and write in my journal at a certain diner every day. One day, after years, I kept asking if they'd changed brands, if there was something wrong with the water system, etc, because their coffee became terrible to drink.

Then soon, I thought the old ladies in the apartment below me were warming up their cat's breakfast food!! Made me want to puke~~ (Found out they were actually brewing coffee!)

Well guess what? ... I was pregnant and didn't realize that the hormones were causing my senses to alter for a while.
It was 'nature's way' to make me averse to drinking the 'nectar of the gods-coffee beans' until my baby had developed enough in the womb to be safely harbored there.

Saw your other post regarding a possible pregnancy? ....

So!! IF your coffee starts tasting not as good as usual, or (humorously) reminds you of cat food, it COULD be another clue?

posted December 21, 2015 06:52 PM            

Usually the "synthetic" product Vitamin D had the letter "L" after the "D" ... as in DL2.

(I may be wrong on that... Maybe I'm thinking about synthetic Vit. E. -- D'L' alpha tocopherols, rather than D-alpha.)