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    This document discusses iron, including its sources, daily value, deficiency, toxicity, and how it works with other minerals like copper and zinc. Iron is a mineral that is essential for carrying oxygen in the blood and allowing tissues to function properly. Good dietary sources include red meat, pork, tofu, liver and chicken. There are two types - heme iron from animal products and non-heme plant-based iron. The daily value for iron is 18mg for adults and children over 4. Too little or too much iron can be harmful to the body.

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    This document discusses iron, including its sources, daily value, deficiency, toxicity, and how it works with other minerals like copper and zinc. Iron is a mineral that is essential for carrying oxygen in the blood and allowing tissues to function properly. Good dietary sources include red meat, pork, tofu, liver and chicken. There are two types - heme iron from animal products and non-heme plant-based iron. The daily value for iron is 18mg for adults and children over 4. Too little or too much iron can be harmful to the body.

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    IRON

    Redmeat
    Pork
    Tofu
    Liver
    Chicken

    Iron is a mineral that is required for our


    bodies to function properly. Most of the
    iron in our body is found in the blood as
    hemoglobin, which is a protein used to
    carryoxygentothebodystissues.

    There are two types of iron in our diets:


    heme and nonheme iron. Heme iron is
    derived from the breakdown of
    hemoglobin and is only found in animal
    products. Plantbasedironisreferredtoas
    nonhemeIron

    DailyValue
    DV=DailyValue.DVsweredeveloped
    bytheU.S.FoodandDrugAdministration
    (FDA)tohelpconsumerscomparethe
    nutrientcontentsofproductswithinthe
    contextofatotaldiet.TheDVforironis
    18mgforadultsandchildrenage4and
    older.Foodsproviding20%ormoreofthe

    Cited

    DVareconsideredtobehighsourcesofa
    nutrient.

    Deficient
    Irondeficiencyanemiaisthemostcommontypeofanemia,
    anditoccurswhenyourbodydoesnthaveenoughofthe
    mineraliron.Yourbodyneedsirontomakeaproteincalled
    hemoglobin.Thisproteinisresponsibleforcarryingoxygen
    toyourbodystissues,whichisessentialforyourtissues
    andmusclestofunctioneffectively.Whenthereisnt
    enoughironinyourbloodstream,therestofyourbody
    cantgettheamountofoxygenitneeds.

    http://www.myfooddiary.com/Resources/nutrient_facts/nutrient_ir
    on.asp
    https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/IronHealthProfessional/
    http://www.healthline.com/health/irondeficiencyanemia#Overvi
    ew1

    ByNathanKnox


    Toxicity
    Ironisanessentialnutrientthatisvitalto
    theprocessesbywhichcellsgenerate
    energy.Ironalsocanbedamagingwhenit
    accumulatesinthebody.Infact,ironisa
    problemnutrientformillionsofpeople.
    Somepeoplesimplydonteatenough
    ironcontainingfoodstosupporttheir
    healthoptimallywhileothershaveso
    muchironthatitthreatenstheir
    wellbeing.Theprinciplethattoolittle
    ortoomuchofanutrientisharmful
    seemsparticularlyaproposforiron.

    WorkTogether
    Copperandzincarechemicallysimilar
    toiron.Sinceabsorptionisaprocess
    dictatedentirelybychemistry(charge,
    molecularshape,etc.),copper,zinc,and
    ironallsharesimilarabsorption
    mechanisms.Whatdoesthismeanif,
    forexample,youweretotakeallthreeat
    thesametime?

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