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If your friends give you some good ways to get iron back besides supplements, please share with the class 😅 only realized i was anemic recently after dealing with it for years :') no pressure! just thought i might ask since i don't know anyone anemic myself
I have been told! High iron foods are your friends. Red meat [though chicken also has a decent iron content], and organ meat specifically [liver, heart, tongue] are high in iron. Leafy greens like spinach and collard greens, as well as broccoli and peas. There are also high iron cereals you can buy. They tend to be on the more bland end of the cereal spectrum, but still good.
[I personally like the frosted mini wheaties. The crunch... So good...]
Also, sometimes the issue is less iron intake, and more your iron absorption. Vitamin C can sometimes help with that. Citrus fruits are a good pick. I'm thinking about grabbing some nectarines since they keep for ages. They get expensive this time of year though, which sucks >:/
Multivitamins are always a choice as well, if you don't wanna change your diet, or have food problems and can't/don't like the new foods. [I know you said you don't like supplements, but I am sharing everything I've learned with the class.]
I personally don't like how expensive they are, but the convenience is nice. I've been told iron pills can make your stomach upset though, and vitamins in general have mixed results for people. I would do your own reading on that.
That's! All I got! Good luck with your blood!
#anonymous#anemia#health#blood#my roommate is thrilled we are having more than one red meat meal a month#[i prefer chicken to just about everything else rip]#and we actually have cow heart and tongue in our freezer#which we originally were going to give to the dog but.............#hhhhhh...............#mine now i guess#anyway i made steak with peas and rice last night#and the night before i had meatloaf with broccoli#and i feel like ive been raised from the dead its nuts#still get randomly light headed#and i have random mood / energy crashes#but i no longer feel like im dragging around my own corpse so ill take it
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florida would be a band *and* orchestra kid. he'd be a violist and a percussionist. how do i know? i play the viola and all my percussionist friends are bonkers ^_^
#would say he'd be an ag kid but apparently not every high school has an agriculture program????#our ag program raises goats and cows and chickens and stuff on campus
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He is so pathetic looking like look at his stupid yeeyee ass hair cut oh my god I want to raise 3 kids with him 🤧🤧🤧
#i fantasize having a farm lately and live my cottagecore fantasy#like i just want to be a farmer and raise cows and chickens and make cheese during my free time#while my nerd husband is just so clueless of farming and agriculture he just tinkers around in his garage making machines from scrap parts#this is my fantasy and i get to be delusional about it#what if I tell you i drew this man with his yeeyee ass haircut??#jk aha....unless...#asuka speaks
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one day I will own a farm with sheeps and u will be invited hella, will u be attending ?
COUNT ME IN!
#i have experience i can raise lambs and take care of sheep/horses and i can milk a cow and uhh. OH I HAVE CHICKENS#ask
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i had a limited amount of time to sketch this and also my pupils were dilated and blurry from an eye exam. Turned out alright, i think
#this is peck short for Pickenpeck Scrivener short for bokbok-bek#she was raised by giant mutant chickens#and now she is a cowboy with giant mutant chickens instead of cows/horses
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people on here making comparisons being males raping and women humans in general eating meat are so fucking insane lmao this is so. so offensive. i have nothing against veganism itself (apart from the fact that certain things show it has long term damaging effects especially on the female body and that i think its hard to do right) but it does piss me off when vegans act like eating meat is some sort of sin. we are omnivorous creatures. with canines and eyes on the front of our head. us killing an animal and eating it is no different than a wolf killing a human and eating. the issue is mass scale farm animal treatment and the such not inherently eating other animals. jfc
#also sorry it gets taken to such ridiculous levels#ah yes... the cruelty of eating unfertilized eggs from chickens who are well raised and taken care of.... truly sinful#drinking milk from a cow? yea that ALWAYS means the cow is mistreated#nevermind that i grew up w v happy nearly freerange cows and that the baby was never in active distress and had enough milk#have yall ever even been on a farm ever
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i hate farming so fucking MUCH
#my friend said u can raise goats but idk how i cant even figure out how to get chickens for my coop 😭😭😭#but once i figure rhis shit out i plan on abandoning the farminf and just raisinf goats and cows :3c
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CABIN EREN!!! NEURON ACTIVATION….. my favorite eren <3 my beloved my baby my bookie honey bunches of oats my cinnamon pumpkin
#my husband we have 2 children together on our farm where we raise sheep and cows and goats and chickens for milk and cheese and eggs andwool#we lay on the couch together and i comb my fingers through his undercut and kiss his head while the record player sings#and our kids are napping on the floor beside us and#ch:erenj
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oh, FYI for the cottagecore bitches: rural life means you will never sleep past dawn again
#Lol#Cottagecore#Cottagecore is just colonialism#Not ml#Where I live dawn is like. 5 am#But that's just life#Uwu I want to milk cows and raise chickens uwu#Ok. Prepare to be up at 5 am in the middle of winter to milk your cows coloniser#Cottagecore bitches can eat my ass
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You're a rancher and I'm a greaser on the inside, the duality of man
fucked up if true: love cowboys but im a bit scared of horses
#i love horses i am just not well acclimated to them im definitely more of the Fuckin Around In The Woods type#my ranch doesnt have many like. non wild animals#we raised chickens! and we had a goat#we're gettin some cows#but. yes#i wish you all the luck in your greaser dreams
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I read jasmine shermans agriculture policy and as a biologist I must say that I greatly approve. except for one thing
it is nothing egregious, but she falls into the logical trap that has become popular in recent years of the general populace becoming more aware of many of the downsides to our current agricultural system, but not a particularly intensive education in it.which is not an evil! no person can be an expert in all things; thats what having a cabinet is for
but the idea that cattle ranching is an inherently ecologically damaging practice, as has become vogue, is not precisely true.
just think for a moment: how many millions of bison once lived in the american west? how would they be a natural and right part of the environment, while an approximately equal number of cows is killing our planet? the animals are functionally the same, ecologically speaking. it just doesnt add up
the issue is not with cattle ranching. the issue is, as is so often the case, the for-profit, cost cutting methods that american cattle ranchers frequently employ.
low quality, improper foods, such as corn and vegetable scrap greatly increases methane production and limits the use of their feces as fertilizer. cramped conditions cause the cows' hooves to tear up the earth, killing the grasses they could otherwise be eating, as well as increasing disease. excessive use of antibiotics leads to antibiotic resistance, not to mention the carbon emissions and resources required to make and ship all those drugs.
the current state of commercial cattle ranching is abysmal, but it is not correct to claim that cattle should be phased out in favour of smaller livestock species. thankfully, sherman mentions many of the same things I did in relation to the american agricultural industry as a whole, she and her policy team just didnt quite make that last connection to cattle ranching specifically
#cows are not bad! raising and eating cows is not bad!#yes they take more resources to farm but they also supply more resources in turn. such is the way#also a little silly to say 'cow farming should be lessened and instead focus on smaller animals such as chickens in pigs'#I do not think you know how big a pig is#also their hooves are cloven so they actually tear up the ground more than a cow's single toed hoof#sorry. biology time
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Having to tell myself the grass is greener on the other side so I don't become a live stock farmer
#silver spoon was true escapism#why can i not help raise pigs#i already know i wouldn't wanna deal with chickens per my dads experience with them#cows? negotiable
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When the Farmer’s precious Livestock are being preyed upon by the Wolves
#maki mayhem#The poor livestock. Cows and sheep and chickens. All minding their business and living their lives.#Sometimes the Farmer will kill them to feed itself and/or it’s family.#Wolves will prey on the livestock when they can. Be it dark of night or broad daylight.#The Farmer is responsible for its livestock. A bad farmer lets the wolves have at it; as long as the farmer still eats.#A good Farmer will protect the livestock from Wolves by setting up protective measures for them or by killing off the wolves.#Some may still eat their lovestock despite protecting them from Wolves. As long as they eat.#The Livestock don’t know any better. They’re just trying to survive; it’s in their nature.#The Farmer or its family can try to save the livestock or they may selfishly steal the Livestock for their own purposes.#Sometimes the Farmer and its family can be particularly sick and twisted and cruel towards the Livestock.#Other Farmers do the same. They can steal livestock from competitors. because those Farmers perceive others as threats. Maybe 4 good reason.#Sometimes the Livestock know their Farmer sucks. They try to leave. Sometimes to other Farms. Who knows.#But of course; they do not have the power/ability to fight back against the Farmer or their family or the Wolves. Not alone.#It’s hard to rally a herd of cattle and sheep and chickens and horses and rabbits all together. They may not even like each other.#Sometimes it’s hard for them to get past it. Sometimes the Livestock may be just as bad as the Wolves or the Farmer and their family.#A Wolf in Sheep’s clothing if you will. The Farmer may turn a blind eye or can’t tell the difference. Rarely is the Wolf outed.#Give this to students as a logic problem or something. Put this in the education system. Find and raise problem solvers.
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PSA
Anything you do as an adult is “adulting”
Like I dunno how else to tell you this but we are not equipped to exist in the kind of world we’re in today
We are literally animals forced to live in enclosures and do tricks for other animals to feed ourselves and give treats to other fellow animals so they can feed themselves
You are going to want to do fun engaging enrichment because you need it and it does not make you less respectable as an adult
Expecting humans to be productive and “adulting” all the time and not be severely depressed by it is probably the weirdest expectation and I think it’s why people don’t think of themselves as adults a lot of the time when they are but like. Of course you want to engage in engaging things. Imagine any other animal being made to only do mundane/boring/stressful tasks for the rest of its life. That shit makes every other somewhat intelligent species depressed as hell
You are adulting and you are doing great. You deserve to take good care of yourself in all aspects and having fun or doing things that make life less boring is part of that. Enrichment is necessary and does not make you less of an adult. Aging isn’t scary (well it is but it shouldn’t be). You have every right to age with grace. Maturity is not buying a house or raising a family, maturity is handling situations to the best of your ability to get the best possible outcome.
You can adult and you are adulting
#*puts on tin foil hat*#the idea that you have to be 100% productive is something employers made up to guilt employees don’t buy into it#when they treat any other animal like this it’s called abuse#think like those big cow chicken pig etc farms that raise and keep animals in inhumane conditions#cramped and packed and no enrichment. only production#do not let them abuse you. you are worth more#adulthood#young adult#adulting
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Just played your mushroom game on a complete whim and ended up sitting and consuming content of Mychael for 2 hours (or until I was severely dehydrated/j) straight!He damn near immediately because my favorite VN character, even surpassing characters I've liked for like a year now!
My question is would Mychael ever consider raising more livestock, like pigs and cows for meat and milk? Ducks, maybe? Or does he not have the stomach to butcher animals himself now that he has 3 hens as pets after not being able to make fried chicken with em? I can see him resisting the urge to get some more livestock knowing he'll just get attached <3
Love your game! Keep it up, and I hope soon I'll be able to support you in whatever way I can :)
I think he'd love to have cows! But he feels like it'll be a lot of work to keep a cow comfortable and happy in the forest where he lives when he can get milk and meat during his trips into town. The companionship would be nice but in the long run he doesn't think he's ready for that burden yet, unlike smaller animals like his chickens.
Have something I drew a year ago though! <3
#mushroom oasis vn#mychael ask#doodles#and dont get me wrong while hed never butcher his own animals he does hunt for meat and materials#but when he gets attached#he gets ATTACHED#//foreshadowing /jk unless???
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Just wanted to pitch my two cents in response to the previous anon! Hi friend, I know for a lot of us who get our food shrink wrapped and packaged at the grocery store it’s mind boggling to even imagine there’s a healthy way of animal husbandry.
I grew up in The Big City™️ but was raised by my grandparents. They grew up farming (just crops, their families were too poor to own livestock or purchase meat/milk/eggs) and taught me to have an incredible respect for where food comes from. We grew our own crops in the tiny backyard, composted, and did aquaculture even before I knew what it was. We bought our smaller meat from the local butcher minimally processed. You had to debone and process the whole chicken, fish, rabbit, frogs, etc. Grandpa traded his veggies for different fruits with the other oldies. Grandma made her own wine and yogurt. And I’ve worked and volunteered at animal shelters and wildlife rescue/rehab centers growing up. I still compost nearly all of my food waste. Even then, I didn’t truly understand the extent to which a properly cared for animal farm could be healthy and ethical.
Until I met one of my previous partners that is. They grew up in an incredibly rural area on a family farm that had animals, including a herd of cows for meat. They hunted, but always to protect the livestock and made use of the animals they killed/sold them to others in town who would. It seemed so counterintuitive to my sensibilities and raised my hackles at first. How could you say you love animals and do that? But I began asking questions…for hours and hours because it was nothing I’d been exposed to.
The way they and their family cared for/revered their animals seemed almost religious to me when I first encountered it. From the time they were kids, it was always the animals’ chores first. You woke up but fed and milked the cows before you made yourself breakfast. They made blankets for the animals and read to them. You gave the herd everything they needed and then some. If something in the barn needed fixing, that would happen first before new windows for the house. The animals had their own things and toys and treats. It was love! There were never cattle prods or whips or any of the machinery you associate with industrial farming. The animals would greet them happily every morning. They loved and trusted their people back enough to be naughty a way a pampered cat is. It really sunk in when I stood next to a cow for the first time — there’s nothing that would stop that animal from harming you, especially if you were a kid, unless it respected you and loved you back.
(They once told me the story of how some large predator like a bear or wolf tried to sneak into the pasture at night. The family woke up there next morning to a furry pancake that had been utterly stomped into the ground by the herd.)
A whole lifetime later, they can still remember the names, personalities, and stories of all the animals they raised. I would get bored and try to list off random names as a game to see if they ever had an animal called that, actually. But the thing that initially shocked (and stuck with me the most) was that when they’d take an older cow to the butcher, they would get packages of meat back labeled with that animal’s name. But it wasn’t ever scary or traumatizing for the kids. They always knew where food was from. Sometimes they were even there helping when that animal was born in the barn. What that did was give them an incredible sense of care, respect, and duty for those animals. When they had dinner that night, they would say grace and mean it in a way you only could if you viewed that animal as an equal family member. I was raised religious, but had never heard grace said like that, with that amount of genuine intent until I ate dinner with them. It used to be just something I did, just going through the motions.
That being said, yes it would probably be the most bio energy efficient/less emissions heavy if the whole world shifted away from a meat-based diet. But ideal isn’t always realistic/something we can achieve overnight. Meat alternatives are often expensive or time consuming to prepare (like beans/legumes). The way I see it, this blog is part of a harm reduction approach in facilitating an appreciation/love/education for livestock and then encouraging people to seek out more mindful sources of meat, like some local farms. We’ve seen time and time again, shame/blame are far less effective in getting people to re-examine their worldviews than education and love.
thank you so much for this ask, this is so so so so so lovely!!! i feel like a lot of people that arent farmers or dont have farmers in their family dont really understand just how much love is there.
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