What foods contain iron and protein?

Iron and protein are the most important nutrients in the human body. If the human body is iron deficient, it is easy to cause iron deficiency anemia. Protein is even more indispensable to the human body. Protein is the basis of human life. Without protein, there is no human life. Both iron and protein are indispensable to the human body. So what are the foods containing iron and protein?

Several foods have high iron content (iron content per 100 grams of food): Animal blood contains the highest iron content, about 340 mg, and has the highest absorption rate, at 10% to 76%. Animal livers such as pork liver contain 25 mg of iron, beef liver contains 9.0 mg, and lean pork contains 2.4 mg, and the absorption rate is as high as 7%. Egg yolk also contains high iron content, but the absorption rate is only 3%.

Other foods high in iron include sesame 50 mg, mustard greens 12 mg, celery 8.5 mg, seaweed 33.2 mg, fungus 185 mg, kelp 150 mg, rice 6.7 mg, etc. They should be mixed and consumed according to different diets and conditions. It has been proven that vitamin C, meat, fructose, amino acids, and fat can increase the absorption of iron, while tea, coffee, milk, eggs, plant acid, wheat bran, etc. can inhibit the absorption of iron. Therefore, diet should pay attention to the reasonable combination of food to increase the absorption of iron.

Foods rich in protein include: livestock milk, such as cow's milk, goat's milk, and horse's milk; livestock meat, such as beef, mutton, pork, and dog meat; poultry meat, such as chicken, duck, goose, quail, and ostrich; eggs, such as chicken eggs, duck eggs, quail eggs, and fish, shrimp, and crab; and soybeans, including soybeans, green beans, and black beans, among which soybeans have the highest nutritional value and are a high-quality source of protein in infant food; in addition, dried fruits such as sesame seeds, melon seeds, walnuts, almonds, and pine nuts all have high protein content.

The above is some introduction about foods containing iron and protein. Eating more foods containing iron and protein in your daily diet can not only effectively improve the body's resistance, but also has a good effect on preventing anemia. In addition, you should pay attention to the comprehensive nutrition in your diet, and nothing should be excessive. Too much is as bad as too little.