Sweet potato leaves contain .60 milligrams of iron per 100 grams. Grams is a measure of weight. To put 100 grams in perspective, consider alternative measures for this food:
- 1 cup equals 64 grams.
In the category of vegetables, we included whole vegetable products in the Top 10 list. We excluded dried/dehydrated products from the Top 10. You will find some dehydrated vegetables high in iron per 100 grams,but they tend to be far more volume than anyone would consume. Furthermore, foods may be fortified with iron but are not included in this Top 10 list. The food tested for the particular graph below can be described more specifically as:
Sweet potato leaves, cooked, steamed, without salt
Read more about iron in vegetables or visit our iron-rich foods list.
Vegetables in the main are not a good iron source. Those vegetables that do have a lot of iron also tend to be loaded with iron inhibitors, making it difficult to take in a considerable amount of iron from the vegetable itself.
However, even a vegetable with very little iron may play a definite role in your iron metabolism. Vegetables often are full of vitamin C, which will assist you in metabolizing the iron more completely in your plant-based food items; sweet potato leaves are a poor source of vitamin C.
Be that as it may, for instance you may wish to combine vine ripened tomatoes and sweet green peppers with a grain-based entr