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Iron

fionarama
fionarama Posts: 788 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I thought it would be good to show my iron content in my diet as I do get tired. Busy though so no wonder in a way!
I don't nearly meet my required iron despite eating meat every day. Its hard as if I eat more meat I will go over my protein and fat content as well.
Anyone who can look at my diary and advise let me know!
You will see I don't really cook elaborate meals, I like simple wholesome natural food so nothing too fancy as I don't have time!

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  • whydonttheywrite
    whydonttheywrite Posts: 18
    Hi fionarama, funny that you mentioned that just this morning I was kind of analyzing my iron and I'm always under so I just started looking through the kitchen and reading the food labels, I've decided to start each day ( or most anyways ) with a bowl of some form of a cereal with milk (this morning I had a bowl of 2 cups of special K and 1 cup of milk) filled me up pretty much and I believe I got nearly 100% of iron with just the cereal alone, hopefully that helps...
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    You don't necessarily have to eat more meat, there are other food like green leafy veggies that can pack in a bit of iron too (remember Popeye and his spinach!).
    And vitamin C helps iron absorbtion. You will find stacks of info on this online, here's one article as a starting point:
    http://health.ninemsn.com.au/dietandnutrition/nutrition/693953/do-you-need-to-eat-meat-to-get-enough-iron
  • whisperingdragon
    whisperingdragon Posts: 334
    Hi fionarama, funny that you mentioned that just this morning I was kind of analyzing my iron and I'm always under so I just started looking through the kitchen and reading the food labels, I've decided to start each day ( or most anyways ) with a bowl of some form of a cereal with milk (this morning I had a bowl of 2 cups of special K and 1 cup of milk) filled me up pretty much and I believe I got nearly 100% of iron with just the cereal alone, hopefully that helps...

    That's awesome! I was wondering this today too. Thanks for the answer!
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