Iron Deficiency, Who’s at Risk for?
Posted by dodo on Jun-30-2008
If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you (or your child) have an above-average risk of developing an iron deficiency.
- Are you pregnant, or have you recently delivered a baby? During pregnancy, the fetus and placenta demand a great deal of iron from your body. Blood loss during childbirth can also lead to an iron deficiency.
- Are you menstruating? The average woman loses 15 to 30 mg of iron each month during menstruation; women who bleed heavily or for long periods of time can lose significantly more. For this reason, women who have not yet reached menopause require more iron per day than men or older women.
- Have you lost blood? Gastrointestinal bleeding may occur with some conditions, including cancer, hemorrhoids, colitis, and ulcers. Blood loss can also take place during and after surgery or because of an injury. Aspirin or other nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs can also cause chronic bleeding.
- Is your diet rich in fiber or tea? Each of these can interfere with iron absorption.
- Are you a vegetarian, or do you eat little animal protein? The body does not absorb the iron in foods in a typical vegetarian diet— including vegetables, beans, and grains—as easily as it does the iron in red meat.
- Do you consume little vitamin C? Vitamin C increases absorption of “nonheme” iron—iron found in plant foods. Even if you eat these iron-rich foods, your body will not necessarily absorb the iron from them unless you also consume enough vitamin C.
- Are you taking antacids? By altering the pH of the intestines, antacids can interfere with absorption of iron by the intestines.
- Is your child young or an adolescent? Children and teenagers need a lot of iron relative to their body size, partly because they grow so fast during this time.
Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)
Iron Deficiency, Who’s at Risk for?
- Vitamin Mineral Nutrition Supplements Facts: Iron Health Merits Food Sources Overdose
- Vitamin Mineral Iron Supplements: How Much Iron Are You Getting?
- Vitamin Mineral Nutrition Supplements Facts: Iron Body and Deficiency
- Extra Vitamin for ANAEMIA
- Lifetime Health Vitamins and other Supplements part 2
- Essential Nutrient Zinc and Vitamin Supplement
- Your Mineral Essentials Iodine & Iron
- Mineral Supplements, how safe is your daily Minerals Intake?
- When to take your Vitamin Supplements?
- All Minerals our body Need, Vitamin Supplements (Phosphorus Iron)
The buyer should look closely at the coatings used for wrought iron furniture before purchasing, to ensure that the furniture will not rust. … Wrought Iron Frame
Iron deficiency often appears in soils with pH above 6.8; at neutral or high pH, the iron that may be in the soil is not readily available to plants. … Dietary Deficiencies
In a study of women with normocytic anemia (i.e., their red blood cells were of normal size) binding capacity (a blood test often used to assess the cause of anemia), combined … … Marginal Zinc Deficiency
Adding vitamin C to a culture of skin cells (fibroblasts) dramatically increases the synthesis of collagen. … Vitamin k
Others have called their hybrid iron sets integrated for years, but all they have done is taken hybrids and tried to match them with a normal iron set in the short irons. … Spiral Curling Irons
Add A Comment