Iron Deficiency in Women
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haemoglobin, Miraculously, assimilation of iron and proteinsAbstract
It is a well known fact that anaemia can give rise to a range of problems for people
who suffer from it.1
In what follows, I will be concentrating on elaborating some of the subtle
health issues surrounding anaemia. Anaemia refers to a condition negatively affecting blood,
wherein there is insufficient iron for the production of haemoglobin. On the other hand, when
the body is healthy, the red blood cells (RBC) transport the haemoglobin which is the carrier of
oxygenated iron to virtually every part of the body. If the iron levels contained in the RBC are
deficient, one of the most conspicuous symptoms is acute fatigue. It is the richness of iron in
the haemoglobin that makes the RBC look a deep shade of red. The deeper the shade of red, the
easier it is to oxygenate blood taken from the lungs and transport it to every cellular receptor
site in the body
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