Improve Your Iron Levels with Cast Iron Skillets

Iron deficiencies are not at all good for your health but how you cook your food is one area that can help. Those who discover problems with low iron find that it takes quite a while to bring their levels back up to healthy numbers again. Taking a Ferrous Gluconate or Ferrous Sulfate supplement can help but can take several weeks before you start to feel better. What else can help?

Increase Your Iron Intake with an Iron Skillet

Cooking with an iron skillet can increase the iron in your food substantially. Taking care of your iron skilled includes seasoning it and wiping it clean after use instead of submerging it in hot and soapy water. your skillet regularly can help prevent food from sticking and enhance the results of your food.

High Iron foods are important as well as getting enough Vitamin C. Your health status will dictate if some of these foods are a good idea or not (pregnant women, for example, shouldn’t ingest liver, so be careful)

• liver
• mussels
• beef
• sardines
• turkey
• beans
• iron enriched breakfast cereals and oatmeal

Beyond the foods you eat, increasing your intake of vitamin C is important because it enables your body to absorb the iron.

Iron Precautions

Constipation can be a side effect of a substantial increase in iron because stool can become hard. Be sure you’re getting plenty of fiber to enable you to keep having easy bowel movements. Aim for 25 grams of fiber a day with plenty of water consumed as well.

You don’t want to overdo it otherwise you could have an overload of iron in your body which could be toxic and lethal. If you’ve been diagnosed with an iron deficiency it’s important to closely monitor your iron levels with your physician.