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2. 25 Foods That Offer Even More Iron Than Beef - AOL

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   You may pump iron in the gym, but the kind you get through food is even more important for your health. The mineral transports oxygen throughout your body, helps form red blood cells, and supports ...

3. Human iron metabolism - Wikipedia

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   Macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system store iron as part of the process of breaking down and processing hemoglobin from engulfed red blood cells. Iron is also stored as a pigment called hemosiderin, which is an ill-defined deposit of protein and iron, created by macrophages where excess iron is present, either locally or systemically, e ...

4. 6 Foods You Should Be Cooking in a Cast-Iron Skillet ... - AOL

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   How to boost iron absorption: Besides longer cooking times, pairing high-iron foods with vitamin C is the best way to increase iron absorption in the body. This can be done through supplements or ...

5. What foods are high in iron? Add these options to your diet ...

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   Here's a definitive list of iron-rich foods. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. Subscriptions ...

6. Iron in biology - Wikipedia

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   Of this, about 2.5 g is contained in the hemoglobin needed to carry oxygen through the blood (around 0.5 mg of iron per mL of blood), [25] and most of the rest (approximately 2 grams in adult men, and somewhat less in women of childbearing age) is contained in ferritin complexes that are present in all cells, but most common in bone marrow ...

7. 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 ...

8. 21 foods that lower blood pressure — and which foods to avoid

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   If you are trying to reduce blood pressure, incorporate these 20 foods into your diet: Avocado Eating avocados five or more times per week led to a 17% decrease in hypertension in women, according ...

9. Ferritin - Wikipedia

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   Within cells, iron is stored in a protein complex as ferritin or the related complex hemosiderin. Apoferritin binds to free ferrous iron and stores it in the ferric state. As ferritin accumulates within cells of the reticuloendothelial system, protein aggregates are formed as hemosiderin. Iron in ferritin or hemosiderin can be extracted for ...