How much iron should I eat a day?!


Question:

How much iron should I eat a day?

For somebody who is 5'1, around 108-110 lbs, and a vegetarian ( I eat maybe 1200-1400 calories a day), how many grams of iron should I be consuming?

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3 months ago
Also, how many grams of protein do I need?


Answers:
3 months ago
Also, how many grams of protein do I need?

Women need about 18 mg per day.
Here is a great list of vegetarian iron sources... I left the meat on so you could see how it is not the best source.
:)
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-gxld3h0hc...

Protien depends on how old you are
Here are veg protein sources
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-gxld3h0hc...
and a link to how much you need in a day (generally around 45)
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/protein.html#...

You need around 15 mg per day.

This is a good website: http://www.vnv.org.au/nutrition/iron.htm...

iron are hard to eat. You will need nail teeth to take bites.

somewhere arond 300 grames but you should ask a Dr

No just a little it causes high blood presser when you have to much.

1 iron, but take the steam off...




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