Your Cousin Emily Is a Vegetarian

Multiple Choice

Your cousin Emily is a vegetarian.Since you have just learned in your nutrition class that nonheme iron is absorbed less efficiently than heme iron,you want to make sure Emily is getting enough iron.What should you recommend Emily do to maximize her iron absorption?

A) Choose spinach as her main source of iron
B) Eat her nonheme iron sources with a glass of milk
C) Eat her nonheme iron sources with a glass of orange juice
D) Refrain from any major activity after eating to aid digestion/absorption of iron