This low - calorie superfood is one of the most nutrient - dense foods on the planet: it's got more calcium than whole milk, more
iron than red meat and an impressive array of vitamins.
They are not actually a nut but in fact a smal; root vegetable containing more
iron than red meat as well as prebiotic fibre.
«Its unique nutritional profile offers more Vitamin C than oranges, more
iron than red meat and a source of alkalising minerals: calcium, potassium and magnesium.
Not exact matches
Children and women are eating less
than the recommended amount of
red meat and one in five women have some form of
iron deficiency.
Iron from animal foods like red meat is more easily absorbed than iron from plant foods, with 100g of red meat containing about 3 - 4g of i
Iron from animal foods like
red meat is more easily absorbed
than iron from plant foods, with 100g of red meat containing about 3 - 4g of i
iron from plant foods, with 100g of
red meat containing about 3 - 4g of
ironiron.
Red meat contains primarily heme
iron, the form that is absorbed much more efficiently
than the non-heme form of
iron found in plant foods, of which very little is absorbed.
For example, 100 grams of spinach contains 1.1 times more
iron than the same amount of
red meat and 2.2 times more
than 100 grams of salmon (26, 27).
Women with anemia tend to consume less protein, folate, vitamin B12,
iron, vitamin C and
red meat than women without anemia, according to the study.
I have recently read studies about
iron and its role in insulin sensitivity & aging and believe
iron levels is a missing link in nutrition science, probably explaining why eastern cultures were OK despite eating carbs, potential harm in
red meat, why women are healthier
than men until menopause etc..
Heme
iron from shellfish, liver and
red meat is more readily absorbed by the body
than non-heme
iron from vegetables.
This likely explains why vegetarians are more prone to
iron deficiency
than those who regularly consume
red meat [7].