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Where foods can supply you with iron if you are a vegetarian?

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Dark green leafy: Dark green leafy vegetables, like spinach, brocoli, collards are all high in iron.

Answered 12/20/2012

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Beans/Green Leafy: Dried beans and green leafy vegetables are a good source of iron. Examples include: soybeans, lentils, black beans, and spinach, swiss chard, turnip greens.

Answered 4/15/2015

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Basically none: Propaganda posters show tofu, peanut butter, beans and molasses as being "excellent sources of iron for vegetarians." It's baloney The truth is that a young woman wanting to get her 18 mg RDA would need to take 20 tablespoons of "healthy blackstrap molasses" or 16 serving of broccoli to have a chance. Vegetarianism is the moral high ground but it's extremely dangerous if you don't supplement.

Answered 8/17/2014

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I'm a woman and a vegetarian. Should I take iron supplements?

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