dietary iron
Blood-building nutrient element
Dietary iron is iron obtained from food, essential for producing hemoglobin and transporting oxygen in the blood.
It comes in two forms: heme iron from animal sources like red meat, which the body absorbs efficiently, and non-heme iron from plants and fortified foods, which absorbs less readily.
Vitamin C enhances non-heme absorption: Pair spinach with citrus to boost your dietary iron intake.
- red meatMammal flesh for eating
- ferritinIron-storing blood protein
- red blood cellsOxygen-transporting components of circulation
- blood donorOne who gives transfusions
- spinachEdible dark green leaves
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- meat nutritionprotein, B12, protein content, fat content, lean meat
- blood buildersfolic acid, vitamin B12, folate, EPO, cobalamin
- iron biologyferritin
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- ironferric, ferrite, hematite, magnetite, limonite