How does Iron from your diet compare to an iron supplement?

Post date: 2018-04-26 14:25:46
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I'm anemic and my Ob prescribed 325mg ferrous sulfate twice daily, which contains 65mg elemental iron. I don't want to take the pills and would rather try to get more iron in my diet. When I look at food labels, 100g of steak contains 3mg of iron. So, I would need to eat the equivalent of 40 steaks, or cups of cooked spinach or whatever, to get the amount of iron in those pills?

Am I comparing apples to oranges? It seems like it's impossible for me to get the prescribed amount of iron through diet alone.

FWIW I have accepted this and am just taking the damn pills but I am still curious.
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