NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Soybean, Heme, Cytochrome

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Nutrition
• Course: NUTR 1010
• Professor: Laura E Forbes

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A trace mineral (the opposite of a major mineral) Where do we find iron in the diet. Heme iron: in meat, poultry, ish and seafood. It"s a heme molecule from hemoglobin or myoglobin. If you eat anything made out of muscle cells you get it. Non-heme iron: in beans, lenils, grains and some vegetables, iron added to lour or breakfast cereals. 2/3 of our body"s iron is in hemoglobin. Binds to the iron in cytochromes and stops energy metabolism. Making the cells of a baby requires iron. Usually because of problems with red blood cells. Stage 2 - low iron transport - sill have enough hemoglobin. Diferent kinds of anemia, this info has to do with the anemia related to red blood cells. Get colour in your cheeks back when your anemia is recovered. Having more oxygen means you are less ired and lethargic. 30% of the world"s" people have iron deiciency. Iron containing foods tend to be more expensive.