What foods put iron in your diet?

Question

I know I lack this in my diet... What can I eat that will contain high levels of iron....

Answer 1

Red meat, liver and all green vegetables although all vegetables make a contribution.

Answer 2

The best things are dark red meets such as beef. But if you are a vegetarian rich green veggies such as broccoli are also good.

Answer 3

Red meat, spinach, brocolli and liver and egg yolk.

Answer 4

Foods that are a good source of iron include:

liver

lean red meats, including beef, pork, lamb

seafood, such as oysters, clams, tuna, salmon, and shrimp, etc.

beans, including kidney, lima, navy, black, pinto, soy beans, and lentils

iron fortified whole grains, including cereals, breads, rice, and pasta

greens, including collard greens, kale, mustard greens, spinach, and turnip greens

tofu

vegetables, including broccoli, swiss chard, asparagus, parsley, watercress, brussel sprouts

chicken and turkey

blackstrap molasses

nuts

egg yolks

dried fruits, such as raisins, prunes, dates and apricots

Here is some more info, great website with iron info:

http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/nutrition/...

Answer 5

you should eat more patatoes,

bananas

Answer 6

liver..Guinness..broccoli...spinach....

Answer 7

Eat a lot of lenti and/or spinach. Just think of Popeye!

Answer 8

Broccoli & spinach :)

Answer 9

Spinich!  It's FULL of the stuff!

Answer 10

Spinach isn't as full of it as people think. But green vegetables and red meat are among the best. Try adding a little vitamin C rich foods too, like oranges and some green vegetables, because you need Vitamin C to absorb iron.

Answer 11

well red meats are good but the doctor put me on iron pills before to thicken my blood seemed to do the trick x*x

Answer 12

avoid spinach as although it has lots of iron it also contains oxalic acid which leaches iron out of the body kale is tops dark chocolate and beef liver..

Answer 13

dark leafy green vegetables have the highest amounts of nutrients with the lowest amounts of calories.  the darker the leaf the more nutrients it provides.

Answer 14

lots of good advice but I hate the taste & smell of stuff like spinacjh & lentils.

try vitamin or mineral supplements, easy to take, controlled dose, no cooking involved

I had believed that Guiness contained iron but it does not have enpough to count as a food

Answer 15

Broccoli,beef liver,shrimp... you should go buy a supplement of Iron.

Answer 16

Absolutely loads of foods contain iron, although you only absorb about 15% of the iron you eat.

Here is the best table i have found to show iron contents in foods:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/nutritio...