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What Is Iron
What Is Iron
Why is it important?
Very good:
the body
Keeping the brain perform at
iron?
its best
Good:
shrimps)
Rice and cereals
Enriched bread
Green leafy vegetables
(ampalaya leaves, kamote
leaves, spinach, gabi leaves,
malunggay leaves, petsay,
saluyot)
Tip:
Vitamin C helps your body use iron.
Eat Vitamin C rich foods when eating
iron foods. Here are examples:
grapefruit)
Vegetables (tomato, broccoli,
cauliflower, cabbage)
Juices (orange, tomato, apple)
12 mg
27 mg
10 mg
27-38 mg
27-30 mg
10 mg
8-11 mg
13-20 mg
19-21 mg