I've taken iron supplements for quite awhile. I'd heard that iron was good for women, especially menstruating women. I'd also believed that one of the only sources for iron was red meat, and since I wasn't getting any red meat I'd be better off taking the iron pills. I recently found out there there is an abundant amount of iron in many green vegetables (doh!) and now that my diet is primarily the meat and the veggies (I'm cutting out the grain), I figure I'm getting an overload of iron.

Then I read something about the harmful of effects of too much iron. What is this?! You don't want a defficiency but you don't want to much. Should I take the pills or not?!

The study sampled 1000 elderly males and 1000 elderly females, and out of the random sample, only 3% had an iron deficiency, while 13% had too much iron in their system.

I figure I'll stop the pills.

Also, I found a couple health blogs worth checking out. I don't read too many other blogs, which is sort of unfair since I want people to read my own. But, I did read these two, and I might stick with them, if they keep posting weekly. The first health blog is about a vitamin product called the damage control master formula. It's nifty! The second blog is about how to relieve stress. I know we could all use a little relief now and then.

One of the perks of being a vegetarian was that so many of my staple foods were choc full of antioxidants. Spinach, green tea, blueberries, pomegranates....just name a fruit or a vegetable and it's probably got some form of anti-oxidizing power.

So, what I'm wandering, now that I'm exploring the world of un-vegetarianism, will I throw off my balance of antioxidants by eating too much meat (not that I'm eating too much, I'm still barely out of the gate!)? Are there some foods out there that provide me with the best antioxidant power for what I'm getting? Blueberries don't typically go with chicken, though I'm willing to try anything new at this point.