FNN 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Iron-Deficiency Anemia, Pernicious Anemia, Menorrhagia

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nutrition and Food
• Course: FNN 100
• Professor: Jessica Wegener

Document Summary

Grains are foriied in canada, so consuming cereal/oats daily tends to be our biggest source. Per calorie, green veg and legumes contain the most iron. We are concerned with people who eat lots of dairy and junky foods, as they aren"t high in iron, so they may not meet their requirements, especially if they are vegetarian and not geing green veg and legumes. Minerals amount in food depends on the soil and water quality in which they are grown. Heme iron found in leshy meat, poultry, ish, eggs. Milk is not a leshy component of animal so it doesn"t have a great amount of iron. More absorbable and best source of iron because of the form in which it is found. Non-heme iron found in both plant and animal foods. In animal foods, 40% would be non-heme and. 60% is heme; plants only have non-heme iron.