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Nutrition Resources

This guide has information resources useful for research on the nutritional aspects of food, food composition, dietary guidelines, dietetics, and food service.

Symptoms

Low iron can exhibit symptoms such as:

  • Fatigue
  • Weakness and difficulty maintaining body temp
  • Pale skin and fingernails
  • Dizziness
  • Headaches
  • Glossitis (inflamed tongue)

Iron in food exists as two types, heme and non-heme.

  • Meat, seafood and poultry provide both types and are better absorbed by the body.
  • Non-heme food is often things like spinach, beans, grains that are enriched, like rice and bread and some fortified breakfast cereals
  • To increase the absorption of iron from plant sources it is recommended that you eat them with meat, seafood, poultry, or a good source of vitamin C.