yes, iron. we all know deep in our souls that iron is important, but why?
in our body mr iron is like a post man 👨🏼💼📪 instead of letters, he carries around oxygen and drops it off the all the houses (cells) that need it 📬
if we don’t have enough iron 👨🏼💼, or enough workers, we don’t have enough oxygen 📭 and we feel sleepy 💤
we can get iron from two main sources: haem iron and non-haem
haem iron comes from animal sources and is very readily absorbed by our body 🥩🍗🍖🍳
non-haem iron comes from plant sources 🥬and although still absorbed by our body, it isn’t as easy as it is for haem iron.
To enhance the absorption of plant iron its best to partner it with vitaminC foods. The vitamin c changes the form or the iron which makes it easier for your your body to absorb 🌱
Tips:
Tomato 🍅(vitC) + spinach 🥬 (iron)
Strawberries 🍓 (VitC) + nuts 🥜(iron)
orange juice (vitC)🍊 + cereal (iron)
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