Calcium & Iron - Are You Getting Enough?
Growing children, teenage girls, and women have higher needs for some nutrients. Many women and adolescent girls need to eat more calcium-rich foods to get the calcium needed for healthy bones throughout life. By selecting low-fat or fat-free dairy items and other low-fat calcium sources, they can obtain adequate calcium and keep fat intake from being too high. Young children, teenage girls, and women of childbearing age should also eat enough iron -rich foods, such as lean meats and whole-grain or enriched white bread to keep the body's iron stores at adequate levels. Below are some recommended foods high in calcium and iron to assure you are getting adequate amounts of these important minerals in your diet (especially if you are counting calories!)
Good Sources of Calcium
Note about dairy group - Some foods in this group are high in fat or cholesterol or both. Choose lower fat and cholesterol foods most often.