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2. Many people don't get enough iron. Here are 7 easy ways to ...

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   Starting at age 14, females need more iron than males due to menstruation. Women ages 19 to 50 require 18 mg of iron daily, while men in this age range only need 8 mg. During pregnancy, this need ...

3. I’m a nutritionist — here’s what you need to know about iron ...

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   Iron deficiency has been called one of the world’s most prevalent nutritional problems — more than a third of women younger than 50 have insufficient amounts of iron. Now, an Australian sports ...

4. Iron deficiency - Wikipedia

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   Iron deficiency, or sideropenia, is the state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs. Iron is present in all cells in the human body and has several vital functions, such as carrying oxygen to the tissues from the lungs as a key component of the hemoglobin protein, acting as a transport medium for electrons within the cells in the form of cytochromes, and facilitating oxygen ...

5. What Happens to Your Body When You Consume Iron Regularly - AOL

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6. Iron-deficiency anemia - Wikipedia

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   Without iron supplementation, iron-deficiency anemia occurs in many pregnant women because their iron stores need to serve their own increased blood volume and be a source of hemoglobin for the growing baby and placental development. [34] Other less common causes are intravascular hemolysis and hemoglobinuria. Iron deficiency in pregnancy ...

7. Anemia - Wikipedia

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   Iron is an essential part of hemoglobin, and low iron levels result in decreased incorporation of hemoglobin into red blood cells. In the United States, 12% of all women of childbearing age have iron deficiency, compared with only 2% of adult men. The incidence is as high as 20% among African American and Mexican American women. [75]