The World Health Organization states that iron deficiency is the most common anemia (Centers for Disease Control, 2002), and it is estimated to affect approximately 2 billion people worldwide. This is a pretty shocking statistic!
So, why is iron important to the body?
Iron's most important role in ...
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Sue
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 01:53 PM
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Thanks so much for this post Melanie. Glad to see there are many ways we can get iron through diet, not just supplents.
Readers may be interested in these posts/articles on iron and heart disease.
All the best, sue