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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.
Foods Not Good (Inhibitors) For Iron Absorption: Iron Blockers. Avoid the following foods in combination with iron foods as they inhibit the iron absorption: Tea, coffee, chard, etc. The List of Iron Rich Foods. Following is a list of iron sources which contain 8 mg or more of iron per 100 g of the food. 1  Cereals & Grains: barley, Rice flakes. 2  Pulses & Beans: cow pea, lobia (black-eye beans), lentils, soybean. 3  Iron rich Vegetables: Beetroot greens, mint, parsley, turnip greens.  Sea 1  vegetables. Iron rich Spices: Turmeric (Haldi)