oysters
meat
poultry
fish
dried fruit
molasses
leafy green vegetables
wine
iron supplements. No joke, can be a source of iron, too. As example: tomato spaghetti sauce or other acidic food cooked in an iron pan
PS: appetite
2006-12-04 06:49:00
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answered by happy_blabla 2
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Unless you're a vegetarian, red meat is one of your best sources of iron while you're pregnant. (Liver provides the highest concentration of iron, but it also contains unsafe amounts of vitamin A and is best avoided during pregnancy.)
Meat, poultry, and fish provide a form of the mineral called heme iron that's easier for your body to absorb than the kind found in legumes, vegetables, and grains, which is called nonheme iron. (Nonheme iron is also the kind that's used in iron-fortified foods and supplements.) That's why it can be hard for vegetarians to get enough iron from their diet.
However, this doesn't mean you need to eat a big slab of meat every day to fill your iron requirement. Adding just a little meat or fish to a meal will help your body absorb more of the iron in the other foods on your plate. So will adding foods rich in vitamin C, such as orange juice, strawberries, or broccoli.
Here are a few more tips for getting as much iron as possible from the food you eat: Cook in a cast-iron pan. (Moist, acidic foods, such as tomato sauce, are especially good at soaking up iron this way.) Cut back on coffee and tea, or drink them between meals, because they contain compounds called phenols that interfere with iron absorption. Calcium does, too, so if you take calcium supplements or antacids that contain calcium, take them between meals.
2006-12-04 14:41:38
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answered by sarabmw 5
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Seaweed (nori) has iron I believe, but the best nutrtional sources of iron are in red meat. Oysters also have quite a bit of iron.
2006-12-04 14:38:34
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answered by Mr 51 4
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about the only place to find iron is in meats. Veggies would be the good ol beans beans beans (soup, kidney) you could always take iron supplements if u feel u're going to become anemic.
2006-12-04 15:07:08
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answered by Barbara H 1
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Beef, chicken, turkey, cod, salmon, pork, shrimp, almonds, apricots, beans, broccoli, dates, peas, just to name a few.
2006-12-04 14:40:03
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answered by S H 6
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peanut butter, boiled eggs, boiled broccoli, boiled spinach and bran flakes, asparagas, baked beans and mueseli
2006-12-04 14:41:58
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answered by kaligurl1229 3
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watercress
2006-12-04 14:36:52
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answered by Anonymous
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spinach
liver
beef
2006-12-04 14:38:12
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answered by Tavita 5
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