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10 foods which are high in iron:
1. Spinach – Spinach is full of iron. 100 grams of spinach contains 2-3 milligrams of iron. Along with spinach, you can have any green leafy vegetable. You should consume spinach with foods high in vitamin C such as tomatoes because Vitamin C helps in the absorption of iron in your body.
Avoid having spinach with the dairy products because with calcium, iron doesn’t get absorbed in fullest. So have any dairy products 1 hour before eating spinach or 1 hour after eating spinach.
2. Apples – Apples are also a very good source of iron. 1 medium-sized apple contains 0.3 grams of iron. Along with it, an apple contains vitamin C which helps in easy absorption of iron. One medium apple contains 10 milligrams of Vitamin-C.
3. Beans/ Soybean / Pulses – You can have kidney-beans or soybean to improve the deficiency of iron in your body. 100 grams of kidney beans have 8 milligrams of iron whereas 100 grams of soybean contain 15 milligrams of iron. You should pulses in your food as well.
4. Nuts/ Dry fruits – You can have almonds, cashews, pistachios, raisins for iron deficiency. Pistachios are a very good source of iron. 100 grams of pistachios contains 40 milligrams of iron. Apart from this, they are rich in calcium, Vitamin E, magnesium.
5. Whole Grains/ Brown rice/ Oats – All these foods contain high amounts of iron. 100 grams of whole grain contains 2.5 milligrams of iron. You should include these things in your food. You can have brown bread in place of white bread and brown rice rather than white rice in your food.
6. Jaggery/Roasted chickpeas – Jaggery and roasted chickpeas are also a very good source of iron. You can have them as your evening snack whenever you feel hungry, that way you can also avoid junk food. You can have jaggery after your food as well.
7. Broccoli – Broccoli is a great vegetable for an iron deficiency which is called green cauliflower as well. You can find it easily in the market.100 grams of broccoli contains 2.5 milligrams of iron. You can replace white cauliflower with broccoli in your food
8. Strawberry – Strawberry is very delicious in taste and have good amount of iron. It also contains protein.
9. Pomegranate – 100 grams of pomegranate has 0.3 millions of iron. You can have pomegranate juice or as a whole. You should try having fruit as a whole always so you get all the nutrition.
10. Carrot – Carrot is the best fruit or vegetable that we get in winters which are rich in iron. Along with that, it has antioxidants, fiber. So you should have a glass of carrot juice daily you can add lemon, beetroot in your juice
