Dietary Iron Absorption In Man

Iron copper zinc and manganese in milk bo lönnerdal carl l.

Dietary iron absorption in man. Keen and lucille s. The effect of edta on absorption of dietary non heme iron. To maximize iron absorption consume legumes with foods high in vitamin c such as tomatoes greens or citrus fruits. Bothwell annual review of medicine iron deficiency r d baynes and and t h bothwell annual review of nutrition p hysiology and m olecular b iology of d ietary i ron a bsorption.

The binding of iron to different fibers suggest in vitro that dietary fibers might interfere with the bioavailability of iron in the diet. Food iron absorption in man 249 sp act about 10 uci jg fe in amounts calculated to obtain equal specific radioactivity of the nonheme iron in the meals labeled with the same radioiron tracer table i. One hundred and eighty iron absorption tests were performed in 45 normal men to determine the effect of edta on the absorption of dietary non heme iron. One hundred and eighty iron absorption tests were performed in 45 normal men to determine the effect of edta on the absorption of dietary non heme iron.

The addition of 50 mg edta to test meals containing 4 1 mg iron reduced absorption by approximately one half from meals of both high standard meal and low semisynthetic meal iron availability. Hurley annual review of nutrition iron absorption robert w. The total amounts of fe and fe administered to. Effect of dietary fiber on iron absorption in man.

The binding of iron to different fibers suggest in vitro that dietary fibers might interfere with the bioavailability of iron in the diet. Cook jd monsen er. The method is based on the concept that food iron is absorbed from two pools the heme iron pool and the nonheme iron pool which can be especially labeled with two radioiron isotopes given as hemoglobin and as an iron salt. Charlton and thomas h.

Food iron absorption in man ii. The addition of 50 mg edta to test meals containing 4 1 mg iron reduced absorption. As it is difficult or impossible to translate in vitro studies to in vivo bioavailability and even to translate results from animal studies to man it is necessary to study the effect of fiber in man with the extrinsic tag method and two different radioiron. A new radioisotope method to measure iron absorption from the whole diet was used in this study.

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