Clear as Spinach

Ah, if only more of us had followed in Pop-eye's steps and learned to love spinach!  When you eat spinach, your body sees all that iron, and wants it!  Unfortunately, there is a compound in spinach that also loves iron, and competes with your body to get it.  But, there's more iron than the greedy compound can handle, so your body does get some. 

The key to getting enough iron is to eat a variety of iron-rich foods, so that even if your body doesn't get enough from one food, it can get it from a different one.    And don't forget to drink some orange juice with the non-meat high iron foods, to help your body win more often.