Читать книгу Safe Food: What to eat and drink in pregnancy - Rosie Dodds - Страница 58

Eat some food rich in vitamin C with every meal – fresh fruit or vegetables. This will help your body absorb iron, especially from non-meat iron foods. Vegetables such as peas, broccoli and spinach contain vitamin C as well as iron – provided they are not over-cooked. Spring onions are also full of vitamin C and iron – a convenient no-cook snack!

Eat a variety of leafy green vegetables. (Spinach contains plenty of iron but this iron is not well absorbed by our bodies – so try other vegetables as well.)

Eat meat or fish with non-meat iron foods. This will help you absorb as much iron as possible from the non-meat food – for example, minced beef eaten with leafy green vegetables.

Drink tea and coffee between meals – rather than with your food. Both drinks contain chemicals that can reduce the amount of iron that your body can absorb from food. If you drink tea, have a cup an hour before your meal – or two hours afterwards.

Certain foods reduce the amount of iron that our bodies can absorb from a meal. One example is rhubarb!