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Caroleco1 (Buffalo, New York, USA) on 02/16/2011
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I have suffered from anemia for a number of years. I find that the Blackstrap Molasses help to build the iron. I drink 1 tablespoon in the morning with 1/2 glass of milk. I drink one tablespoon in the evening before bedtime with 1/2 glass of milk. I suffer from AVM of the small intestines, it cannot be treated with surgery. Ever so often I bleed internally so it is important to keep my iron levels up. I cannot eat too many dark leafly vegetables because I am on Warfarin for artificial heart valves. Vitamin K. I prefer the Blackstrap Molasses over a blood transfusion anyday. I am 54 years old and 95 pounds. After 5 kids all grown except one. Does anyone out there have any recipes for smoothies. Thanks!
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Replied By Shellie (South Carolina, Usa) on 09/13/2016

Caroleco1 - I have heard people say that BSM should not be taken with milk because milk contains calcium which blocks iron absorbtion, this being so, because you also need magnesium to absorb the iron.

Two tablespoons of blackstrap contains 11.7 percent of our RDI of calcium and 7.3 percent of our RDI of magnesium. This calcium-magnesium ratio is ideal, since our bodies need large quantities of magnesium to help absorb similarly large quantities of calcium.

My g-grandmother used to give BSM to me when I was just a child. I didn't know how good it was for me until many years later.

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Replied By Al Jack (Warner Robins GA) on 09/28/2024

Smoothie Recipe:

  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1 tablespoon molasses
  • 16 ounces milk
  • Agave or dates to taste
  • Pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
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