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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.
Iron, while technically a mineral and not a vitamin, is another nutrient needed to increase red blood cell production. Iron is an essential component of the hemoglobin molecule in red blood cells, which transports oxygen to cells.You can get more iron by eating protein-rich foods such as chicken, turkey, beef, seafood, shellfish, beans and tofu. Dark green leafy vegetables, fortified breakfast cereals and molasses also contain iron.ark green leafy vegetables provide B vitamins, vitamin E and iron needed to produce red blood cells. Photo Credit Sharon Foelz/iStock/Getty Images. A body that lacks an adequate number of healthy red blood cells experiences a condition called anemia.