Monday, May 14, 2012

Iron in Diet

Iron is a mineral found in every cell of
the body. Iron is considered an essential mineral because it is needed to make
part of blood cells.


Function :
The human body needs
iron to make the oxygen-carrying proteins hemoglobin and myoglobin. Hemoglobin is found in red blood cells and myoglobin is found in muscles.

Iron also makes up
part of many proteins in the body.


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