If you don't take in enough iron, you may become iron deficient.
Prevention:
--Be sure to include low fat meats when you are at stages 3 and 4. They are your best food sources of iron.
--Take a multivitamin with iron as instructed.
--Don't take your vitamins or eat your high iron foods with coffee or tea. The coffee and tea can bind iron and prevent absorption.
No one can guarantee you won't develop iron deficiency, even if you follow these guidelines, but you can minimize your risk for iron deficiency.
(Information from WHMC Gastric Bypass Nutritional Guidelines Handbook)
