what foods will boost your iron intake?

Answer 1

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What are some iron-rich foods?

Meat, fish, poultry: The body absorbs the most iron from meat, fish and poultry (chicken). The amount of iron, in milligrams (mg), that is found in these foods is listed below:

Very good sources (3.5 mg or more per serving):
Three ounces of beef or chicken liver.
Three ounces of clams or mollusks.
Three ounces of oysters.

Good sources (2.1 mg or more per serving):
Three ounces of cooked beef (ground or steak).
Three ounces of canned sardines (canned in oil).
Three ounces of cooked turkey.


Other sources (0.7 mg or more per serving):
Three ounces of chicken.
Three ounces of halibut, haddock, perch, salmon, and tuna.
Three ounces of pork (ham).
Three ounces of veal.

Other iron-rich foods: Other foods also contain iron, but your body does not absorb the iron from these foods as well. To increase iron absorption (ab-SORP-shun) from the following foods, eat a good source of Vitamin C at the same time . Eating a food from the meat, fish, and poultry group at the same time will also increase iron absorption. The amount of iron that is found in these foods is listed below:

Very good sources (3.5 mg or more):


Breakfast cereals enriched with iron (see food label for serving size).
One cup of cooked beans (white beans, soybeans, lentils or chickpeas).
One-half of a cup of tofu.
One ounce of pumpkin, sesame, or squash seeds.


Good sources (2.1 mg or more):
One-half cup of canned lima, red kidney beans, chickpeas or split peas.
One cup of dried apricots.
One medium baked potato.
One medium stalk of broccoli.
One cup of cooked enriched egg noodles.
One-fourth of a cup of wheat germ.


Other sources (0.7 mg or more):
One ounce of peanuts, pecans, walnuts, pistachios, roasted almonds, roasted cashews, or sunflower seeds.
One-half of a cup of dried seedless raisins, peaches, or prunes.
One cup of spinach.
One medium green pepper.
One cup of pasta.
One slice of bread, pumpernickel bagel, or bran muffin.
One cup of rice.

Answer 2

Lean meats, brocccoli, whole wheat bread, eggs, spinach, baked potato (with the skin), baked beans. Another good way to increase iron intake is cooking your food in a cast iron skillet.

Answer 3

I am 14 and a vegetarian, so i do watch my protein.
Suprisingly, kellogs cereal special K contains 25% of the iron you should have in a day- very high for a cereal.
Green vegetables are also very good, most provide high amounts in a portion.

Answer 4

Red meat is by far the best source. If you are vegetarian then you will never get the opportunity to get as much iron into your diet. Broccoli and spinach are both good sources but you have to eats loads. compare 100g of spinach to 100g of steak!

Answer 5

Guinness is a fantastic source of Iron. It used to get prescribed to pregnant women years ago, when their Iron levels were low.

Answer 6

Mainly you get iron from: Red Meat (e.g Steak) or Green Vegetables (eg. Cabbage, Broccoli)

Answer 7

You need plenty of green vegetables such as spinach (this is the best one), broccoli, sprouts, cabbage etc. Although I don't eat it because I am vegetarian the other thing that is full of iron is liver.

Answer 8

my iron was always low when I was pregnant. My doc said drinking a glass of orange juice when taking iron pills would help the absorbtion of the iron to the body.

Answer 9

Liver is the best - raw liver even better because you remove some of the iron by cooking it

Answer 10

Brussel Sprouts are a good source of iron.