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Check Your Nutrition: Iron

 

It is important to get enough iron because iron builds red blood cells, muscle proteins, and healthy bones. Most importantly, it helps your blood cells carry the oxygen it needs for energy.

 

Take our quiz to see if you are getting enough iron!

1. How often do you eat beef, pork, veal, liver, or clams?

Never or hardly ever
Only once or twice a week
Every other day
Almost every day
At least once a day or more!

 

2. How often do you eat cereal with 80%-100% iron added?
(Click here for a list of cereals that contain 80%-100% of your daily iron)

Never or hardly ever
Once or twice a week
Every other day
Almost every day
At least once a day, sometimes twice!

 

3. How often do you eat cereal with some iron added?
(Click here for a list of cereals that contain at least 20% of your daily iron needs)

Never or hardly ever
Only once or twice a week
Every other day
Almost every day
At least once a day—I can't live without my Lucky Charms!

 

4. How often do you eat beans, lentils, dried fruit, or spinach?

Never or hardly ever
Once or twice a week
Every other day
Almost every day; I've been on a spinach salad kick
At least once a day—I'm a bean fanatic!

 

5. How often do you eat meal replacement or energy bars with added iron?
(Click here for a list of bars that have at least 20% of your daily iron needs)

Never or hardly ever
Only once or twice a week
Every other day
Almost every day
At least once a day. I don't leave home without one in my bag!

 

6. Do you take an iron supplement (either a multivitamin with iron or an iron pill recommended by your doctor)?

Nope
Only when I remember; about once or twice a week
About half of the time
Almost every day
Every day without fail!




   

 


 

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