Iron on a low meat diet
Chayacandoit
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how do you meet you iron goal if you do not eat meat too often?
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Spinach0
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I haven't eaten meat in nearly 20 years and I meet my iron goals most days. My typical sources:
tofu
beans
peas
green veggies
seeds
quinoa
tomato paste
and...
DARK CHOCOLATE FTW!0 -
Thanks0
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Keep in mind that a lot of labels don't necessarily include iron content of food, and therefore those entries might be incomplete in the database.
So most of the time you are probably eating more Iron than MFP shows.0 -
Oh, hm. Interesting.0
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I take a daily multivitamin just to be safe but I don't usually have a problem eating lots of greens and whole foods. Also cooking in a cast iron skillet helps.0
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An iron supplement is an easy way, if you're worried about it (but lemurcat12's post has a lot of foods that are easy to integrate).0
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I've worried about the same thing. I don't eat a lot of red meat.
Looking at these statistics you also see the real contents, not just "foods with iron";
http://www.webmd.com/diet/iron-rich-foods
As you can see, beef is the only major source of heme iron. And how often you eat clams or oysters?
I eat quite a bit of salmon, chicken and ham but the amount of iron doesn't come close to beef. It does say 20% of women doesn't get enough of iron, and I'm probably one of them.
I don't look supplements either as I believe in the natural way. I might try sardines.0 -
Mushrooms are pretty good too....0
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A lot of veggies list a high iron content and they have it, BUT we can't absorb it, so you don't get as much iron from them as you might think.
Meat is the easiest way to get iron. Red meat and, better, organ meats (if you can eat them, which I cannot!) have a good amount of iron. Cooking in cast iron is helpful - the black kind, not enameled cast iron.
I wouldn't start supplementing unless your doctor tells you to do that. If you live in a place where it is possible to do it, get regular checkups. You'll be told if you're low and what to do about it.0 -
I never knew about cast iron pans good for iron source. Also mushrooms is an interesting one. I personally love organ meats but they are high in calories, cholesterol and all that other stuff.0
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