What Are The Different Kinds Of Dietary Iron, And How Should I Get Enough?
Iron pops up in everything from oatmeal to rib-eye. But it's not the same from every source – and how much you absorb depends in part on what you eat with it.
Iron has always struck me as the nutritional equivalent of Stanley Tucci: It's frequently popping up in unexpected places, and experts say that's a good thing. One of those mysterious minerals that can be found in lentils or a steak, iron is critical to health, but to understand exactly why it's so important and whether some sources of iron are better than others, I asked nutritional specialists.
"Iron is a mineral, and what's unique about iron and makes it so beneficial to humans is that it can actually change its [chemical] state pretty easily," says , an assistant
