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The American Red Cross recommends eligible blood donors eat a well-balanced diet with extra iron-rich foods prior to their donation this fall. During the fall, iron-rich produce such as broccoli, kale, sweet potatoes, spinach, apricots and chard are in season and therefore more abundant. Food can have two types of iron, heme and nonheme. The body can absorb up to 30 percent of heme iron, primarily found in meat, but only 2 to 10 percent of nonheme iron.
Good resources can be found in cranberrries, lingonberries and blueberries etc. Legumes. Legumes is also a beneficial foods for infections and it is rich in vitamin B which is good fighter against inflammation. Asparagus. Asparagus is extremely high in vitamin C and folate, both powerful fighters of kidney infection. Celery.