Question: is it advisable to take the following together: milk thistle 175 mg /day (for liver health) , Centrum multi-vitamin with IRON for adults under 50 once a day (for menopause and borderline anemia) , Green tea capsule 500mg /day and a single low dose aspirin once a day? Please also note the asthma / allergy meds I take daily.

Thank you for your response. I didn't know that Green Tea inhibited iron absorbtion, though I knew it about caffeine, so that makes sense. I guess I should stop taking the Green Tea supplement. I'm not feeling great on this combo, I thought it was because of the iron, but now I think it might be at least partially the GT. My doctor said I was borderline anemic, just from this last test in the ER...my hemoglobin was 11.65, but a few months prior when I had annual bloodwork done, it was a bit over 12....I really don't eat much red meat at all, and I haven't been too big on green leafy veggies either lately. I do eat a lot of cashews, pasta, bread and I love beans, and some small bit of chicken a couple times a week, but I only have eggs maybe every other week for one breakfast every two weeks. I know that my anemia might be caused by something more serious- and I am worried about internal bleeding somewhere or maybe cancer, but I looked at the iron numbers for so many things I regularly eat (I tend towards organic, vegetarian and healthy) and I'm afraid that it does appear that iron-rich foods have been a gap in my diet as most of the things I love to eat that do have iron in them don't have all that much afterall. Would it be advisable for me to stop taking the vitamin with iron and instead just change my diet and make sure I get that iron every day from food sources? I just don't like taking pills and I REALLY don't like how these are making me feel. All tense and weird.

Thank you! This confirms my suspicions...I had another question on here that a different doctor responded to and she initially told me to take 60mg of iron THREE TIMES A DAY---and I'm menopausal!!! I told her I thought that was extremely excessive, given my age and numbers and the fact that my own doctor only recommended 18mg a day with a multi-vitamin. She then suggested just one 60 mg tab a day, but I still think that sounds excessive. I'm going with the diet change first and then get blood work to see where I'm at with this. I just don't like taking pills and I love healthy food, it seems a simple enough adjustment to make. I'm going to have to bring in some red meat for now, but I do enjoy the occasional organic filet mignon...so there's that. Thank you for your response.