What are some good iron rich foods?

Question

I need more iron in my diet. Are there certain factors that deplete iron in the body? Like coffee depletes calcium, and smoking depletes vitamin C. But is there anything that depletes iron?What can I eat to boost iron? I'm taking prenatal vitamins but I need a little more than I'm getting because I'm breastfeeding.

Answer 1

Broccoli
Cabbage
Citrus Fruits
Kiwi
Melons
Potato (baked)
Strawberries
Tomato
Juices
Grapefruit
Orange
Tangerine
spinach,
liver
Combine meat with plant sources of iron.
Meat and Pasta Casserole
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Meat and Vegetable Stir-Fry
Beef and Bean Burrito
Ham and Split Pea Soup
Iron-fortified cereal with milk and orange juice.
Dried fruits, nuts and seed mixes.
Peanut butter on whole wheat bread or crackers.
Slices of meat or liverwurst and whole-grain crackers or bread.
Limit tea consumption as it interferes with iron absorption.

Answer 2

Total ceral you can find a lot of Iron in cereal as a matter of fact if you put cereal in a food processor and then put a magnet right on top the iron with leave the cereal and stick to the magnet cool huh lol and green veggies like collard greens and liver

Answer 3

Any leaf green vegetable like spinach, kale, swiss chard and broccoli. The darker the green the more iron. Meats like beef, pork and chicken. Clams and shrimp. Prunes and prune juice.

Below are two sites that give information on how much iron is in a serving.

Answer 4

A Sample List of Foods Rich in Iron :

Foods Iron(mg.)
Blackstrap Molasses, one tablespoon 3.0mg
Dates or Prunes, ½ cup 2.4mg
Beef, Pork, Lamb, three ounces 2.3 to 3.0mg
Liver (beef, chicken), three ounces 8.0 to 25.0mg
Clams, Oysters ¾ cup 3.0mg
Dark meat Turkey ¾ cup 2.6mg
Pizza, cheese or pepperoni, ½ of 10 inch pie 4.5 to 5.5mg

Over taking iron could cause hyperactive which means you will be able to feel nervous and hot temper. However, you could balance it out with taking additional zinc in your food by taking oyster (rich of zinc). Avoid taking anything with glucose (sweet) foods. Glucose could deplete many kind of supplements.

Answer 5

Spinach

Answer 6

A list of iron rich foods
http://www.weightlossforall.com/iron-rich-food.htm

Decreasing protien lowers your iron intake. Are you a vegetarian? There are two types of protien, complete and imcomplete. If you are vegetarian (or non-lacto), you can mix two incompletes or an incomplete and a complete protien to get the necessary amount of a complete protien for your diet. (Incomplete protiens include: rice, beans, corn tortillas, etc)

Answer 7

Liver

Answer 8

Liver, and to increase the absorption of Iron take vit.c

Answer 9

Try liver and onions. Liver has a lot of Iron

Answer 10

Broccoli,Spinach ,Turnip vegetables,Mustard vegetables.colored vegetables and unquestionably all eco-friendly leafy vegetables.i understand via fact i will`t devour to lots of them,via fact my iron point remains to severe as that's.