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MariAnne · Article Author Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 92

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Elisa53 · Newbie Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 3

Thank you so much for your article. My mother suffers from restless legs syndrome and complains constantly about her cold feet. She has had to have blood many times. Shes on a blood thinner because shes had 5 bypasses and also a valve replacement. I knew she had an iron deficiency but I did not know that restless legs syndrome could be from that. She eats ice constantly. Again I thank you for your article and will try getting her to eat more foods that contain iron in them. Hopefully I can write here in a couple of weeks and report shes improved.

Sharie Cochran · Newbie Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 1

I found your article very informative & it reminded me that I was once told I was "borderline anemic" and had a possible iron deficiency but don't remember taking any iron supplements or eating any iron-rich foods. I also found the thyroid connection interesting. Although my thyroid tests taken a year ago show everything in the normal range, the underarm-temperature test for 7 consecutive days indicates hypothyroidism. I'm an avid snow skier & have heaters in my boots & wear mittens with disposable heater packs, but it would be wonderful to sit in my favorite chair in the house in the winter without having to wear cayenne pepper in my socks and place a heating pad under my feet! (I'm also a vegetarian--not vegan--but I wasn't as a little girl, so I can't blame my cold hands & feet on that.) I'm going to consume as many iron-rich foods as I can over the next month, with possibly an 18-mg/da. supplement. Thanks for the article. I'm glad I found it!

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