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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-Rich Foods. Eating a variety of iron-rich foods on a daily basis can help you meet your daily iron requirements. Meats, poultry, fish and seafood are good choices because the iron in animal-based foods is absorbed better than iron from plant-based foods.Other foods that contain iron include iron-fortified cereals and oatmeal, soybeans, lentils, kidney beans, other legumes and spinach.Eating foods rich in vitamin Câsuch as citrus fruits--can increase iron absorption in your body, according to the Office of Dietary Supplements.xamples of vitamins include A, C, D, E, K and the B vitamins; examples of minerals include iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, phosphorous, selenium, zinc, copper and iodine.