Eating meat or poultry
with nonheme iron foods, such as leafy greens, can increase iron absorption.
Not exact matches
To improve your absorption of iron, eat it along
with a good source of vitamin C — such as orange juice, broccoli, or strawberries — or eat
nonheme iron foods
with a food from the meat, fish, and poultry group.
You absorb between 15 to 35 percent of the heme iron in liver, compared
with between 2 and 20 percent of
nonheme iron.
You can boost your body's ability to absorb iron from
nonheme sources by consuming them
with foods that are high in vitamin C.
Nondigestible oligosaccharides do not interfere
with calcium and
nonheme - iron absorption in young, healthy men