If you have web access go to the Veg Soc (UK) at
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/iron.html
If you don't have web access I'll try and copy the info for you.
Regards,
Viv
----- Original Message -----
From: Joanna Hughes <hughesjr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: fatfree@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 22 May 2000 11:31:46 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: IRON STORES
> My 12 year old son and I are vegetarians, but we eat dairy products too. We
> have both been advised by our doctors that our iron stores are low. Other
> than tonics and vitamins,how do we increase our iron? I have been told
> green leafy veggies. We like raw spinach in salads but maybe if I had some
> recipes for other green leafies we could grow to like them cooked? And what
> else can we eat? I think I heard that raisons and beets and apricots are
> high in iron? Is this true? Any recipes would be helpful, but I have to
> admit the faster the better in our hurried household.
>
> Thanks
> Joanna
>