What are the best foods to add iron to your diet?

Answer 1

iron itself , kidding , spanich is good , Apples , etc....

Answer 2

molasses-if you like baked beans add it to them along with brown sugar to taste-excellent source-parents used it a lot when, at age 3 I was paralyzed with polio and the dr. wanted me to have more iron in my diet. I came out of the total body paralysis a year later. Doubt the molasses did it but I still use it today in various menues.

Answer 3

IRON FACTS
You need IRON in your diet to make
Healthy red blood cells.
If you do not have enough iron in your blood, you may:
--have pale or dry skin
--feel weak or tired
--will be short or breath
--feel loss of appetite
Infants, preschool, teenagers, pregnant women need more iron than others.
Iron is found in many foods, but in small amounts. It is hard for some people to get enough
iron from foods to prevent iron deficiency. The following tips may help:
HOW TO PREVENT IRON DEFICIENCY
--Eat a wide variety of foods every day, including milk products, meat, vegetables, fruits
and whole grains.
--Include iron rich foods in your diet every day.
--Eat vitamin C-rich foods with iron foods. This will help the body absorb iron.
(see chart on back.)
--Cook foods in cast iron cookware to add iron to your diet.
--Reduce the amount of tea and coffee you drink with meals
These drinks reduce the amount of iron you get from food.
FOOD SOURCES OF IRON
Meat /Alternates Vegetable/Fruit Grain
Sources: beans and peas dried apricots, dried bread whole grain
beef broccoli cereals, whole grain
chicken greens or enriched
eggs peaches, dried oatmeal
liver prune juice rice
liverwust prunes iron fortified cereals
nutritional yeasts raisins tortillas, corn or flour
nuts spinach
organ meats squash, winter
turkey tomato juice
sardines watermelon
seeds
shrimp
FOOD SOURCES OF VITAMIN C
Good Sources:
apargus cauliflower potato
bell pepper grapefruit (baked or boiled)
boccoli grapefruit juice strawberries
bussel sprouts green chili (sauce) spinach
cabbage orange tomato
cantaloupe orange juice turnip
salsa
Examples of combinations of foods with useable iron:
Iron fortified cereal and orange juice.
Bean and beef taco, topped with tomato and salsa
Chicken enchilada with green chile, steamed broccoli, whole wheat tortilla, and watermelon
for dessert.

hope this helps you. suzie

Answer 4

the food with most iron is green bananas. you can boil green bannas and then peal them . then you can smash them and or you can fry them.when you boil the bannanas you can see the iron floating in the water. the pots become black from iron. next is red spinach. not the green spinach. i dont know if your country has this but have you heard of arum?it grows under ground and is full of iron. you can smash it and have it.you can get iron from liver. it is high in iron.

Answer 5

Guiness beer is actually high in iron. Have a pint every now and then.

Answer 6

Your body will absorb the iron in spinach better if you eat something with vitamin c in it too(like strawberries or oranges or tomatoes).

RED MEAT...RED....(not chicken or pork)......EAT BEEF OR LAMB.

Answer 7

Food - Serving size - Iron supplied

2 thick slices of lean roast beef -90g-2.3mg
3 tablespoons of baked beans-120g-1.7mg
A boiled egg-50g-1mg
Wholemeal bread (1 average slice)-36g-1mg
Sardines canned in oil (average sandwich filling)-50g-1.5mg
An average bowl of fortified breakfast cereal-45g-3mg
4 dried figs-80g-3.4mg
Dark roast turkey meat (average serving)-120g-1.7mg
A tablespoonful of sesame seeds -12g -1.2mg
Spring greens boiled-90g -1.3mg
An average glass of red wine -125g -1.1mg

Hope this is kinda helpful
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Answer 8

Spinach, liver

Answer 9

"Good sources of dietary iron include meat, fish, poultry, lentils, beans, leaf vegetables, tofu, chickpeas, black-eyed pea, strawberries and farina."

Answer 10

Spinach and beets. Tasty and healthy

Answer 11

Spinach, liver, nuts