low blood iron

Believe it or not buying a cast iron skillet would help.low blood iron has only really showed up in the last 50yrs or so since ppl stopped using cast iron cookware!

add some spinach to your diet beets aswell and talk with your dr..

As someone who has three kinds of anemia and sees a hematologist more frequently than my diabetes specialist I suggest the following: there are several iron related components in your blood, including (but not limited to) hematacrit, hemoglobin level, actual iron level, ferritin level, and oxygen-iron ratio. Your doctor needs to be more sepcific as to what he/she means when you were told that your iron was too low? You need to know if you should be taking an iron suplement, and which one. They are available both on the shelf, and in higher dosages directly from the pharmacist but without a prescription. I have been anemic my entire life and had iron shots when pregant. When I moved my new doctor didn't accept my complacency about my anemia and wanted to get at the root cause. That's when we found out that there was more than "iron-poor" blood problems.

My mom donates blood and when her iron is low they won't take it. So she swears by watermelon. It is a great source of iron that won't tend to make you constipated. Plus if you eat a lot of dark leafy greens like spinach, broccoli and kale, you can add iron to your diet.

I don't think it is directly linked to diabetes. However, if you have low iron in your blood you will likely have a falsely high A1c so you shouldn't be worrying too much if it is higher than it should be. Once you raise the level of iron in your blood then you can get it tested again and you will get a more accurate result.

I'm not sure what it could be. Have you discussed this with your doctor? That is the best advice I can give you.