- female
- 30 Years
- 31/03/2021
What drink is high in iron?
Answered by 1 Apollo Doctors
Beetroot juice, spinach and mint juice, prune juice are some of the drinks with good iron source. Other iron rich foods are jaggery with groundnuts, legumes, paneer, soya, quinoa, pumpkin seeds. You may include vitamin C such as lemons, oranges in diet to increase iron absorption.
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Consult a Haematologist
Answered 04/07/2025
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