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 just had my wisdom teeth removed today and the only thing that I have eaten has been a bowl of applesauce. * I got my four taken out 3 days ago and it still hurts. Don't eat crunchy stuff-that's a big mistake! I've been on a soup and pudding diet and lost about 10 pounds. I did not get all 4 wisdom teeth pulled, only one, about 3 hours ago, which is the one located on the bottom on the left side of my mouth. The dentist said to ONLY eat cold, soft or chewy foods for the next two days.