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« on: April 13, 2013, 02:29:38 pm »Message ID: 720466
This is very helpful...your body needs iron so it can make hemoglobin, a substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to body tissues. Brain activity, breathing, cellular respiration and every activity of the body depends on there being enough iron in the blood. When your iron levels are low you are basically starving your body and all its systems and organs of oxygen. Iron is available in two forms heme and nonheme. Heme forms of iron are found in meat and poultry and are absorbed quite easily by the body. Nonheme iron is found in vegetable and grains and is absorbed less readily. Since you do not eat meat, you'll have to go for the vegetables and grains. I have low iron also when I was younger but now im older Its just right just because I have been eating better.