HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -nuts. dried fruit. wholemeal pasta and bread. iron-fortified bread and breakfast cereal. legumes (mixed beans, baked beans, lentils, chickpeas) dark leafy green vegetables (spinach, silver beet, broccoli) oats. tofu.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is found in animal foods that originally contained hemoglobin, such as red meats, fish, and poultry (meat, poultry, and seafood contain both heme and non-heme iron). Your body absorbs the most iron from heme sources. Most nonheme iron is from plant sources.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most sources of dietary iron are in the nonheme form. Good food sources of nonheme iron include fortified cereals, beans, lentils, tofu, spinach, dried fruits (apricots, prunes, raisins), prune juice, enriched breads, broccoli and nuts.