Rola S Zeidan, Matthew Martenson, Javier A Tamargo, Christian McLaren, Armin Ezzati, Yi Lin, Jae Jeong Yang, Hyung-Suk Yoon, Taylor McElroy, James F Collins, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Robert T Mankowski, Stephen Anton
Iron plays a crucial role in many physiological processes, including oxygen transport, bioenergetics, and immune function. Iron is assimilated from food and also recycled from senescent red blood cells. Iron exists in two dietary forms: heme (animal based) and non-heme (mostly plant based). The body uses iron for metabolic purposes, and stores the excess mainly in splenic and hepatic macrophages. Physiologically, iron excretion in humans is inefficient and not highly regulated, so regulation of intestinal absorption maintains iron homeostasis...
March 14, 2024: Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging