Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) - A species that has changed little in the last 400 million years, the Atlantic horseshoe crab is one of four species of horseshoe crab still alive, but the only one found in the Western Hemisphere.
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. If you have trouble getting enough iron from food sources, you may need an iron supplement.
But why would you want to eat foods fortified with iron? As it turns out, iron is essential for maintaining good health. Here are five things you need to know about this important mineral. 1. Your whole body needs iron. We need iron to make hemoglobin for our red blood cells, which deliver oxygen from the lungs to every cell in our bodies.