How Vegetarians and Vegans can improve Iron absorbtion

Iron is an absolute requirement for most forms of life, including humans, plants and animals all use iron.

Human body can’t produce iron so they are dependent on food source for that important element.

 Iron can be found in a wide variety of food sources.

But the challenge is that the Iron( known as non-heme) which comes from plant source is not absorbed in body properly but on the other hand the form of Iron( known as heme) which comes from animal source is absorbed easily in the human body.

So the people who eat meat can fulfill their Iron need very easily but the vegetarian may have the risk of Low Iron store.

But there is always a solution for every challenge, so vegetarians don’t need to be worried, just need to be smart eater.

 Vitamin C significantly improves the ability to absorb iron from plant food.

So if you are vegetarian add Vitamin C while you are eating your vegetables which contain iron.

Such as squeeze lemon in spinach salad or steamed spinach or add orange pieces in salad green.

But some vegetables have both Iron and Vitamin C in them.

So consume them such as:

Potatoes with skin, broccoli, asparagus, tomatoes and dark-green leafy vegetables like kale and bok choy,

boston and bibb types lettuce.

And fruits which contain both Iron and Vitamin C such as:

Strawberries, watermelon