Getting enough iron is part of a healthy diet. Iron’s main function is to combine with copper and protein to make hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein that takes oxygen from the lungs to all the living cells in the body. The processes of life are not possible without this oxygen. The right amount of iron in the system also helps the body resist diseases and stress and builds up the quality of the blood. Iron also helps create myoglobin, which is only found in the muscles and delivers oxygen to them.The good news is that an iron rich diet is easy to obtain, and iron rich foods do not necessarily have to be organ meats such as liver. Green leafy vegetables such as spinach, grains like quinoa and pumpkin seeds are also iron rich foods. Even dark chocolate has a good amount of iron. The following is a list of iron rich foods:
