So mild anemia is common. It saps stamina and causes undue breathlessness and fatigue when working out. Iron in meat is the easiest to absorb. Vegetarians are prone to anemia. Don't believe the Popeye myth.
Spinach has no more iron than cabbage.
The researchers who analyzed spinach got a decimal point wrong and exaggerated its iron content 10-fold. Two, at breakfast, shun coffee and tea and drink orange juice. Coffee and tea blunt iron uptake, whereas vitamin C in OJ enhances it. This step triples the iron you absorb from the cereal and bread. Three, eat poultry or fish with pinto beans, chick peas or other legumes.