choose your personal experienceYour body needs iron to prevent Iron Deficiency Anaemia, and to keep you healthy and energetic. Iron comes from both animal foods such as meat, chicken and fish, and vegetable foods such as legumes, beans and whole grains. Did you know? The darker the colour of the meat, the more iron in the food? For example, beef liver which is redder than other meats, contains more iron. Iron absorption in the body The absorption of iron depends on the amount of iron consumed, its food source (animal or vegetable), and the availability of other foods during or after the meal. Iron absorption from a mixed diet is only 18%! Thankfully, the daily requirement of 18mg/day for women takes this into account. The following table shows the content of iron in foods:Good to know: Nestlé FITNESS® cereals are fortified with iron because of its important role in good health, energy and vitality. Each serving of 30 grams provides you with 25% of your daily requirements. Your bio is currently empty. Now is a great time to fill in your profile. This profile is private. This profile is only shared with friends. This profile is under review. We were unable to request friendship with this user. We were unable to request friendship with this user. Are you logged in? Your friendship request has been sent to this user. We were unable to terminate friendship with this user. We were unable to terminate friendship with this user. Are you logged in? You are no longer friends with this user. We were unable to ignore this user. We were unable to ignore this user. Are you logged in? This user is now ignored. We were unable to stop ignoring this user. We were unable to stop ignoring this user. Are you logged in? This user is no longer ignored. We encountered a problem recommending this user. You have recommended this user. Please limit your comment length to less than 2000 characters. What Do You Think?Thanks for submitting your comment. It will appear after editor approval. We were unable to post your comment to Twitter. We were unable to post your comment to Facebook. We were unable to post your comment to LinkedIn. We restrict rapid posting of multiple comments for quality reasons. You have already posted a comment within the last several seconds. Please try again later. We limit the number of comments, reviews, and postings an individual user can submit over a given period for quality reasons. You have currently reached that limit. Please try resubmitting your comment again later. We are unable to add your comment at this time. We are unable to add your comment. Are you logged in? We will not add your comment until you remove the following words: . We're sorry, but the comment you are replying to has been removed from the site. Please let us know what you think. Please shorten your comment to characters. characters left character left characters must be removed character must be removed To leave a comment, you need to sign up. Logging in with your Facebook accountWrite a replyWe're sorry. We were unable to report abuse at this time. We limit the number of reactions an individual user can submit over a given period for quality reasons. You have currently reached that limit. Please try resubmitting your abuse report again later. Comment is too long. Enter 500 characters or less. You may send this to 5 e-mail addresses. Please separate each address with a space. We're sorry, but the item you are sending has been removed from the site. We're sorry. We were unable to send the email at this time. Please specify a recipient. You can only send messages to 5 addresses at a time. The address "" is not valid. Please specify a subject. Score vote upvotes up vote downvotes down Click on the menu icon to open and browse the site menu. You can click on it from any page. You can change how you view the site by clicking on the List icon as shown. Youare now in the Grid view.