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.
Iron in plant foods such as lentils, beans, and spinach is nonheme iron. This is the form of iron added to iron-enriched and iron-fortified foods. Our bodies are less efficient at absorbing nonheme iron, but most dietary iron is nonheme iron. 1  1.