Talkback: Iron - Are you getting enough?

I hear in USA  that the rich and famous have B12 injections which helps them to boost their energy!

Apparently vitamin B12 tablets are not that good because it gets destroyed in the stomach.

Don't forget a pint of the black stuff

http://www.fitandtrim.co.uk/calories_guinness.html 

Extreme violence and an anorexic girlfriend ?  

I used to take Treacle - sickly stuff

Karen Samuel wrote (see)

I used to take Treacle - sticky stuff

7 raw eggs

Down the hatch!

Maddy. wrote (see)

popeye had it right

There's hardly any iron in guiness - it's a myth!

 "You'd need to drink three pints of Guinness to provide the same amount of iron as a single egg yolk (1.1mg), and alcohol is not good for babies. A pint of Guinness contains 0.3mg of iron, less than three per cent of daily adult needs. Put another way, you'd need to drink 15 pints of Guinness to get the same amount of iron as two Weetabix. " (taken from the daily mail so it must be true!)

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1222684/Dont-believe-say--Guinness-isnt-good-you.html#ixzz16wxSL5pb

 But it's also in the Times: "Guinness contains no more iron than most other beers, and that's precious little - a mere 0.3 milligrams a pint, compared with 1.1 milligrams in an egg and a whopping 4.2 milligrams in a bowl of Weetabix. "

 I also read ages ago that there is way more iron in 100g of dried apricots (3.4g) than in a pint of guiness so that's a no brainer for me since I hate guiness!!!

Meggies,

Thanks for that I will buy some dried apricots - I used to eat them once but I got  abit fed up with them.

I would like to start back on the Origanic  Weetabix.

I don't really agree  that it is  a  myth  eating late at night you will put on weight.  Also it's a myth

that vitamin C will stop you getting the flu and cold.

I must say it is great reading. 

I would rather drink 15 pints of guinness than eat two weetabixs or an egg