IRON -- the kind you eat

hillview2
hillview2 Posts: 212 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I need to get more iron into my diet. Any suggestions?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/top-10-iron-rich-foods
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    I take a supplement as well, just in case! Because I have low iron in the first place, it is important to me to keep it at a decent level. That list of foods is great though :) I eat a few of them pretty often, and could easily sneak in more!
  • withchaco
    withchaco Posts: 1,026 Member
    Clams, clams, clams! Also spinach and red meat.
  • maemiller
    maemiller Posts: 439 Member
    Besides liver, spinach, collars greens, swiss chard,
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Corn flakes have a lot of iron in them because they are fortified.
  • vjenelle
    vjenelle Posts: 23
    Spinach. Cook it or make a salad with it.
  • jodidlyO
    jodidlyO Posts: 37
    I have this problem too. I try to add leafy greens and fresh or canned beetroot to as much as I can, but a supplement for a few months might help you out.

    : )
  • blpope
    blpope Posts: 163
    Multigrain Cheerios are LOADED with iron!
  • HolleeERL
    HolleeERL Posts: 313 Member
    Raisins, almonds, broccoli and some pretzels are good paletable sources of iron. I also take a supplement.
  • _Johanna_
    _Johanna_ Posts: 125 Member
    Blood drive folks tell me flinstone vitamins have lots of iron :)
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    I thought that they found that the human body can't absorb the iron from spinach.
  • kje2011
    kje2011 Posts: 502 Member
    I need to take an iron supplement once or more per day.
    Also cheerios have iron in them, have them for breakfast every morning.
    Dark leafy greens like spinach, kale really good in iron too.
    (dark chocolate,yum)
  • DragonSkip
    DragonSkip Posts: 59 Member
    I thought that they found that the human body can't absorb the iron from spinach.

    I've heard this as well? Does anyone know if the old wives tale about using a cast iron skillet has any validity?
  • hbrekkaas
    hbrekkaas Posts: 268 Member
    Using a cast iron pan will provid iron, its not just an old wives tale.

    Be careful counting on your cereal to give you iron, lots of cereals do have tons of iron in them, but the calcium in dairy actually hinders the absorbtion of iron. So eating cereal with milk may actually not be as good as you think.

    Having vitamin C along with whatever iron rich food or supplement you have will help absorbtion.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Oatmeal is high in iron. Generic steel cut oats have about 8-10% in a one cup serving. The packet of Better Oats I eat a couple of days per week has 20% RDV because it's fortified. I've also started taking One A Day Women's multivitamin which has the full 18mg of iron women need.
  • DragonSkip
    DragonSkip Posts: 59 Member
    Using a cast iron pan will provid iron, its not just an old wives tale.

    Be careful counting on your cereal to give you iron, lots of cereals do have tons of iron in them, but the calcium in dairy actually hinders the absorbtion of iron. So eating cereal with milk may actually not be as good as you think.

    Having vitamin C along with whatever iron rich food or supplement you have will help absorbtion.

    True about the cereal. Also watch your tannins! I have to supplement twice a day and I take a vitamin C with each supplement. I try to buy the lowest dose vitamin C possible because it causes stomach upset for me where the iron alone never has. This is a battle I fight constantly. I also heard that you don't absorb the iron from spinach.
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