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Haemochromotosis - Cereal

  • 26-08-2013 8:13pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    I am 23, male and I have been diagnosed with Haemochromotosis a bit back.

    I have just got my Iron levels controlled ;)

    I love breckfast cereal but cannot have it due to high amounts of Iron.

    Does anyone know any cereal with little of no Iron?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    Would some of the gluten free cereals be suitable ?

    ( I dont see any mention of iron on boxes of Kelkin or Giusto cereals. )


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭Splendour


    Porridge.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭scullersky


    0lddog wrote: »
    Would some of the gluten free cereals be suitable ?

    ( I dont see any mention of iron on boxes of Kelkin or Giusto cereals. )


    Will have a look , thanks :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭scullersky


    Splendour wrote: »
    Porridge.

    I didnt know that, I am terrible, hav'nt a clue what's in most of the stuff I eat! haha

    But thank you, I love Porridge :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    Hi

    I am 23, male and I have been diagnosed with Haemochromotosis a bit back.

    I have just got my Iron levels controlled ;)

    I love breckfast cereal but cannot have it due to high amounts of Iron.

    Does anyone know any cereal with little of no Iron?


    T-K,

    When I was diagnosed, my doctor recommendation was this: Spend too much effort trying to avoid iron in food, and you'll only end up leaving yourself short of other essential nutrients. Eat away, and have regular ferritin tests and venesection when you need it, and you'll be grand. That said, it's probably a good idea to avoid cereals whose packaging boasts about them being fortified with extra iron.
    0lddog wrote: »
    Would some of the gluten free cereals be suitable ?

    ( I dont see any mention of iron on boxes of Kelkin or Giusto cereals. )

    Olddog,

    Gluten Free foods are for people with Coeliac Disease, who have to avoid Gluten. Coeliac Disease and Haemochromatosis are two different things.

    If the OP had said he was allergic to shellfish, would you have said: "Try eating pizza - I don't know if it's got shellfish or not, but it's got no peanuts in it!"?

    Extreme comparison? Possibly, but the logic employed (or not employed, as is the case here) is the same.

    L-M.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    T-K : Kelkin confirm no added iron in their flake cereals ( I called in to them today on another matter )

    L-M : Not sure what your point is. Just about all basic food ingredients are gluten free. This does not mean that they are unsuitable for non coeliacs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    0lddog wrote: »
    L-M : Not sure what your point is. Just about all basic food ingredients are gluten free. This does not mean that they are unsuitable for non coeliacs.


    My point is that you're talking about foods designed for those who need to avoid gluten when the OP is talking about avoiding iron.

    Just to avoid doubt: 'Gluten' is not 'Iron'. The clue that they're not the same thing is in the names. One of them is called 'Gluten', and the other is called 'Iron'. I would have thought it should be fairly obvious, but if you still can't quite grasp it, then I think you're probably beyond any help that I can offer.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Splendour wrote: »
    Porridge.

    I have the opposite of OP- with chronic anaemia.
    I have been recommended by my dietician to eat porridge, as it is a high source of readily absorbable iron.

    OP- avoid porridge.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭Splendour


    I have the opposite of OP- with chronic anaemia.
    I have been recommended by my dietician to eat porridge, as it is a high source of readily absorbable iron.

    OP- avoid porridge.

    Porridge had no added iron-was assuming that was what the OP meant. Many foods contain iron but obviously the OP can't avoid them all.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Splendour wrote: »
    Porridge had no added iron-was assuming that was what the OP meant. Many foods contain iron but obviously the OP can't avoid them all.

    It may not have added iron- it isn't far off red-meat though for its iron content- oats are a naturally high iron food.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    According to all of the consultants I've talked to diet has very little to do with excess Iron / Haemochromotosis. Back in the old days they would tell people not to eat red meet etc, but this is no longer the thinking.

    Haemochromotosis is a slow build up of Iron in your system, over years and years, your body is just absorbing a tiny amount too much each week/month. Lowering your iron in take isn't going to effect how much you absorb.

    Who told you that you should control the Iron in your diet? I would suggest talking to someone who has up to date knowledge of the condition.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭scullersky


    According to all of the consultants I've talked to diet has very little to do with excess Iron / Haemochromotosis. Back in the old days they would tell people not to eat red meet etc, but this is no longer the thinking.

    Haemochromotosis is a slow build up of Iron in your system, over years and years, your body is just absorbing a tiny amount too much each week/month. Lowering your iron in take isn't going to effect how much you absorb.

    Who told you that you should control the Iron in your diet? I would suggest talking to someone who has up to date knowledge of the condition.

    Yeah I hope to talk to someone more up to date... i emailed the Irish Haemochromotosis society... Shur one doctor I went to didnt know what it was and he said he never heard of it! haha


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭scullersky


    It may not have added iron- it isn't far off red-meat though for its iron content- oats are a naturally high iron food.

    Thanks, ill be avoiding lots of Porridge then !!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    T-K,

    When I was diagnosed, my doctor recommendation was this: Spend too much effort trying to avoid iron in food, and you'll only end up leaving yourself short of other essential nutrients. Eat away, and have regular ferritin tests and venesection when you need it, and you'll be grand. That said, it's probably a good idea to avoid cereals whose packaging boasts about them being fortified with extra iron.
    ...
    L-M.

    I'd just like to bring you attention back to the above.
    Splendour wrote: »
    Porridge.
    I have the opposite of OP- with chronic anaemia.
    I have been recommended by my dietician to eat porridge, as it is a high source of readily absorbable iron.

    OP- avoid porridge.
    Splendour wrote: »
    Porridge had no added iron-was assuming that was what the OP meant. Many foods contain iron but obviously the OP can't avoid them all.
    Thanks, ill be avoiding lots of Porridge then !!

    Splendour's point is the same as mine: spend too much effort avoiding iron, and you'll be eating an unhealthy, unbalanced diet.

    I've got haemochromatosis and I've had a bowl of porridge nearly every day since I decided three months ago that I needed to lose weight (I've lost over 2 stone). I'll be having a ferritin test soon. I wonder what it'll be like.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 39 yosserhughes


    Eat away on the Porridge,I gave up fortified cereals when diagnosed with HC and now eat a large bowl of porridge every morning..I have been back to hospital for 2 blood tests over the last 6 months and am still not in need of a venesection....A nurse who specializes in the condition told me to eat away as normal but try to avoid high doses of vitamin c...And if you like tea drink plenty as it inhibits the absorption of Iron..


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