Iron Rich Foods

Iron is an important part of your hemoglobin, the substance in your red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lunge to transport through the your entire body. If you don’t have enough iron, your body can’t make oxygen-carrying blood cells, resulting in your tissues and muscles not working effectively. When you lack these oxygen rich blood cells, you have iron deficiency anemia. You may notice that your skin loses its color, your hair might fall out, your fingernails can become brittle, and severe fatigue can occur.

There are many foods rich in iron that you should add to your daily diet. Sometimes a supplement is necessary, but it is always best to receive your vitamins and minerals from whole, clean foods.

Here are a few of the best iron rich foods to add to your diet:

Spinach, spirulina, sardines, liver, grass-fed beef, lentils, black beans, pumpkin seeds, pistachios, and dark chocolate.

Here are a few ideas for adding these foods into your daily eating: add spinach to an egg omelette, salad, or smoothie, eat sardines on whole wheat crackers, make a lentil and bean soup, add pumpkin seeds to a salad, snack on pistachios, and have a piece of dark chocolate for dessert. The options are endless!