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I'm addicted to running. My blood levels are good except for my iron, but I've always had low iron. I know if my iron is too low. I've recently thought about going raw vegan (right now I'm Rawtill4), but my parents won't allow it. I'm really lost, because I'm also wondering if it's such a good idea. As a seventeen year old who can't go a day without running, has low iron, and worries about calcium intake, how do I do it? Should I wait to go raw, and how much will I need to eat if I'm running seven plus miles a day? (I'm training to be an ultra runner, so sometimes it's fourteen miles once or twice a week and moving up)?
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Posted by ahimsa32fa at 01/18/16 07:12:41
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Get a good book on vegan nutrition from your local library.
Iron is utilized best when taken with vitamin C foods. As you probably know, many greens are rich in iron as are many nuts and seeds.
Calcium is probably the easiest of all nutrients to obtain. A large fresh salad with a variety of colored plant foods is an everyday must for me. Today it will include lettuce, tomato, cucumber, spinach, arugula, red bell pepper, parsley and home-made salad dressings that usually made with flax or hemp oil and various seasonings.
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