In recent years, knowledge about iron absorption from the diet has in creased markedly.
New methods have been devised that for the first time have made it possible to measure the …

Nonheme iron usually constitutes more than 90% of the dietary iron. Its absorbability is a
resultant of the balance between factors enhancing and inhibiting the absorption. Ascorbic …

Studies of the menstrual blood loss have been performed before by several authors. Usually
these investigations have been based on small and selected series, involving hospital …

Dietary iron requirements are dependent on the amount and availability of food iron
ingested. On the basis of recent studies of food iron absorption employing extrinsic tag …

The dose-dependent inhibitory effect of sodium phytate on iron absorption was studied in
man by serving wheat rolls containing no phytates and rolls to which various amounts …

Background: Dietary iron absorption from a meal is determined by iron status, heme-and
nonheme-iron contents, and amounts of various dietary factors that influence iron …

We investigated the effect of calcium on iron absorption in 126 human subjects. Addition of
calcium chloride to wheat rolls significantly reduced iron absorption. Doses between 40 and …

Fortification of cereal flours may be a useful public health strategy to combat iron deficiency.
Cereal flours that are used shortly after production (eg, baking flour) can be fortified with …

The magnitude of the menstrual blood loss is often of importance in clinical practice-in
gynecological investigations as well as in investigations of patients with iron deficiency …

The cause of marked inhibitory effect of bran on absorption of dietary nonheme iron was
studied in man by double-radioiron technique. Washing bran with hydrochloric acid but not …