The 5 Nutrients You Need for Energy

don't forget older people can't absorb iron as easily as younger people check with Dr or dietitian before overdosing

Hemp seed is a non-meat, great source of protein that includes the complete amino acid chain your body needs. You need vitamin c to help absorb iron - a glass of fruit juice or lemon juice with spinach for example.

chill out. everything else on this slideshow isn't meat

i am o professional nutritionist for 18 years, and i also work aw fitness trainer, which means i workout pore than 1 hour a day..i am a vegetarian for 8 years and i am perfectly fine with no meat and fish...meat apart from very specific situation iabsolutely useless..i became avegetarina because i simply adore animals...a well balanced diet with plenty of fruits,vegetables,whole wheat cereals, lentils,beans,soya (bio) is enough to keep us healthy

So what about us vegetarians? It seems that we get a paragraph or two in all the "diet" books. Once again we're left out. Thanks for the info on spinach! I think I'd read about that some time ago, but had forgotten.

By the way, I wanted to clarify a common misconception - spinach IS NOT a good source of iron. It does have iron, but not in a very significant amount, like say compared to broccoli. Way back a scientist put a decimal in the wrong place, making people think there was 10 times more iron in spinach than there actually is, and the rumour just got promoted!

I agree - I'm vegetarian and have no need for iron from meat (and all the saturated fat that comes with it!). Broccoli is an excellent source of iron! and beans as well. sad that people only think of meat...

Non meat sources are harder forthe body to absorb. I spent 5 years as a vegetarian and now eat meat in small amounts. Regardless of my diet, I still struggle with anemia. Turns out, this is pretty common in female athletes. I take a daily iron supplement in addition to my multivitamin. Now the dizzy spells and light headedness are a thing of the past.

This is just pushing meat! I'm a vegan since years with a better than perfect blood count. I get all my nutrients from plants. You do not need animal food to live a healthy life. Your body takes everything it needs from a healthy plant-based diet. (Of course, not from doughnuts, coke, and the like!)

It is too bad that this does not mention that great non-meat sources of iron, which are actually better for you that beef - like spinach, beans and some seeds.