NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Laundry Detergent, Hematocrit, Iron-Deficiency Anemia
24 Mar 2017
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Cooking in cast iron: increases the iron content of your food. How much do we absorb: mixed diet (both meat and plant based)- 18, plant based diet - 10, this is why vegans or vegetarians may have trouble getting enough iron, do the dris take absorption into account, yes. What else does iron do: a component of myoglobin, transports amount of oxygen use in muscle contraction, transports oxygen, founding enzymes that are needed to metabolize energy from cho, fat and protein, cytochromes in the etc. What happens if you don"t get enough: too little iron has major effects on the health of your blood. What does blood do: transports oxygen, transports nutrients, removes waste products, important in the healing process, important part of the immune system. Unhealthy: healthy blood, transports everything efficiently, unhealthy blood, doesn"t transport oxygen and/or nutrients well, usually because of problems with red blood cells. Loose iron in plasma: 5. loose iron in rbcs.
