Unbelievable

My only concern with this vegan diet is my hemoglobin level - the amount of iron in my blood. I donate blood about every eight weeks and sometimes my hemoglobin is too low to donate (it has to be 12.5 to donate). The last two times I tried to donate I was too low. 11.something and 12.4 - this was with eating meat AND taking iron supplements.
My Keller Williams office has the Stanford Blood Mobile come to our office a couple times a year as part of our community outreach. When I pulled into the parking lot this morning and saw the big van, I figured, 'what the heck, I'll see if they want my blood.'
After 2 weeks on a vegan diet and taking no iron, my hemoglobin was 13.1. Unbelievable.