• About half of your body's iron supply is contained in your red blood cells.
• Red blood cells are necessary to transport oxygen from the lungs to other tissues in the body.
• Vitamin C enhances the absorption of the iron you eat.
• Tea interferes with iron absorption by about 50 percent.
• Iron in meat is absorbed twice as efficiently as in vegetables.
• More iron from vegetables can be absorbed if meat is eaten in the same meal.
• Iron is part of hemoglobin, a protein that gives blood its red color.

Iron Rich Foods

Meat Group
Liver, Liver Sausage, Beef/Dried Beef, Pork, Ham, Chicken, Lamb, Kidney, Sardines, Shrimp, Turkey, Clams, Oysters, Eggs

Fruits and Vegetables
Dried Beans/Peas, Beets, Greens, Raisins, Tomato Juice, Dried Apricots, Watermelon, Dates, Spinach, Prunes

Bread and Cereals
Whole-Grain Breads, Wheat Germ, Iron-Fortified Cereals, Enriched Bread and Noodles

Other
Molasses

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