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Following a restrictive diet that omits many foods increases your risk of having low ferritin. There are two forms of iron â animal foods contain heme iron, while plants contain non-heme iron. Eat plenty of vegetables, beans, lentils, whole grains and fortified foods for non-heme iron. You can find heme iron in eggs, meat, fish, poultry and seafood. Oatmeal and ready-to-eat cereals are fortified with iron also.
Some of the foods that vegetarians can eat to increase iron in their diet are: 1  Fortified breakfast cereals, both hot and cold. 2  Blackstrap molasses. 3  Green leafy vegetables. 4  Dried beans, such as black and kidney beans, and lentils. 5  Whole grains. 6  Enriched rice or pasta. 7  Pumpkin seeds. 8  Prune juice.