Food. The richest sources of heme iron in the diet include lean meat and seafood [ 11 ]. Dietary sources of nonheme iron include nuts, beans, vegetables, and fortified grain products. In the United States, about half of dietary iron comes from bread, cereal, and other grain products [ 2, 3, 5 ].lants and iron-fortified foods contain nonheme iron only, whereas meat, seafood, and poultry contain both heme and nonheme iron [ 2 ]. Heme iron, which is formed when iron combines with protoporphyrin IX, contributes about 10% to 15% of total iron intakes in western populations [ 3-5 ].
Wisdom teeth extraction limits your diet the most during the first 48 hours after surgery. After the first couple of days, you can begin to eat solid foods, but for at least a week, you will still want to avoid any type of food that can get lodged in the surgical site.
* I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled 2 days ago. In the first 24 hours I didn't eat a single thing. On the day after the surgery I was eating applesauce and mashed potatoes. Today (2 days after surgery) I'm absolutely starving and I'm eating anything that's soft that I can find.