Dietary Iron

Good sources of iron are:

• Liver, beef and lamb
• Clams, mussels and oysters
• Kidney beans
• Leafy green vegetables
• Dried figs and apricots
• Oatmeal and rye
• Brewers yeast
• Soy beans
• Lentils
• Quinoa
• Chickpeas
• Pinto beans

# Haem iron is the most efficiently absorbed (found in animal products).

# Non-haem iron is not so well absorbed (found in plant foods)

# Vitamin C promotes iron absorbtion.

# Foods which have a small negative impact on iron absorbtion: spinach, nuts, chocolate, parsley, rhubarb and dairy products (yoghurt, cheese, milk and eggs).

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