Desperate for some high iron foods.

Below is a link to iron content in foods

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/nutrients/report/nutrientsfrm?max=25&offset=0&totCount=0&nutrient1=22&nutrient2=&nutrient3=&subset=0&fg=&sort=c&measureby=m

Liver. Really, it's the perfect food for this situation. Also, desiccated liver tablets are very good if you can't stomach liver or even along with eating it every now and then. They help me so much.

I've been turned down many times in the past donating blood due to my low iron. No more, as I get lots of dark green veggies in.
Pumpkin seeds (pepitas) are also an excellent source of easily -assimilated iron. Take iron pills as a last resort - they're always lab-created junk. I couldn't stomach liver if someone paid me. I don't eat animal organs, thank you very much !

You can boost the iron intake from foods by cooking in a cast iron skillet.

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And try not to eat your iron rich foods with dairy products, it prevents the iron from absorbing.

Iron pills are so hard on the stomache. If you do end up having to take something, try liquid iron. It's far nicer on the system.

I'm really aware of Iron in foods because I have high iron, and need to avoid it. Keep in mind there's 2 kinds of Iron: Heme(meat) and Non-Heme(vegetable). We do not absorb Non-Heme iron as well as heme iron, so an amount of iron from spinach does not help you as much as the same amount from say, beef.

2 of the highest Iron foods I can think of are:
Clams. If you like clams, they are ridiculously high in iron.
Breakfast Cereal. Most brands have 50 to 100% of your daily iron.

Another poster mentioned that dairy interferes with the absorption of iron - so do Tannins. Red Wine and Black/oolong tea will block about 80% of the iron eaten with it from being absorbed.

ETA: I've been poking around and there's some good news: Dark Chocolate and Cocoa Powder have significantly more iron per 100g than 100g of: Tofu (9x more), Spinach/Kale (4.5x more), Beef (4.5x more), and lentils (3x more). It has about the same iron content as Squash/Pumpkin Seeds

You can boost the iron intake from foods by cooking in a cast iron skillet.

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Only for vegetables, not meat. This only increases iron on non-heme iron foods.

http://www.mckinley.illinois.edu/handouts/dietary_sources_iron.html

I think you're misinterpreting the article. It lists three ways to increase the absorption of iron from non-heme iron foods (eat with vitamin C, eat with heme iron foods, or cook in iron pan). It says nothing about the effects of cooking heme iron foods in iron pans. Iron will leach out of the pan and into whatever you cook in it, more if the food or ingredients are acidic, less if they are not.

I had bad anaemia following pregnancy/childbirth twice (and i only have 2 kids lol)

what helped was eating meals that have both red meat and green vegetables plus drinking orange juice. The red meat and green vegetables both contain iron, and vitamin C helps the iron to be absorbed,. I was taking supplements as well.

I like stuff like curry, so I'd make a curry with red meat and then add green veggies when cooking. Also, a tin of baked beans into the same curry adds even more iron. It was like a fest of iron rich foods. Anyway it did the job.

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Plain instant oatmeal . 40%