Cast iron cookware leaches a significant amount of
dietary iron into the food cooked within it (especially when cooking acidic foods like spaghetti sauce).
Not exact matches
They are a great source of vitamin A from beta carotene, vitamin K and a good source of
dietary fibre, potassium and
iron so they regularly go
into our smoothies, soups and salads.
Then Bouis happened to run
into Ross Welch, who had been working for the US Department of Agriculture on the problem of trace nutrients, not for
dietary reasons, but because plants that could extract more
iron and zinc from the soil tended to grow better, especially in nutrient - deficient soil.
The complete milling and polishing that converts brown rice
into white rice destroys 67 % of the vitamin B3, 80 % of the vitamin B1, 90 % of the vitamin B6, half of the manganese, half of the phosphorus, 60 % of the
iron, and all of the
dietary fiber and essential fatty acids.
Rife with complex carbohydrates,
dietary fiber, Vitamins A, B6 & C, copper, potassium and
iron, vibrantly hued varieties are high in beta carotene which converts
into Vitamin A in the body.