When your toddler was a baby you probably didn’t worry much about iron intake. Babies are born with a good six months worth of iron stored up in their bodies, and they continue getting iron from breast milk or formula. Once your child makes the transition to a diet consisting of mostly solid foods, it ...
I listened to a great radio interview on Coast to Coast Am on March 9th. You will find this interview at http://www.coasttocoast.com . Coast to Coast AM presents many different speakers and viewpoints that will stimulate new thinking. George Norry, who hosts the program, interviewed Dr. Mark Starr. Dr. Mark Starr is a medical doctor ...
Iron deficiency is the most common types of nutritional deficiency, according the Centers for Disease Control. Iron deficiency it most often found in young children and women of child bearing age. Mild iron deficiency may not have any symptoms, but if the deficiency gets worse you may experience a feeling of tiredness, lightheaded feeling , ...
Iron deficiency anemia is a common problem in children between the ages of 1 to 3 years, and for adolescent girls. Anemia is caused by an inadequate intake of iron through the diet, or by excess blood loss, which can sometimes be seen in menstruating adolescent females. Anemia is caused by having not enough red ...
Anemia is a condition in which your body doesn’t have enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to your tissues. Your red blood cells contain hemoglobin, an iron-rich protein that enables the red blood cells to carry the oxygen. To produce hemoglobin and red blood cells, your body needs iron, minerals, protein and vitamins. ...
Low iron stores and iron deficiency anemia are a common problem – particularly among pre-menopausal women who lose iron regularly through menstrual bleeding. Low iron levels are much less common in healthy men and post-menopausal women. In fact, when low iron levels are found in men and older women, it’s important know why since it ...
You may already know that gastric bypass patients need to take a number of vitamin and mineral supplements because they no longer absorb nutrients normally. The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery recommends that menstruating women take 54-63 mg elemental iron daily and that others take 36 mg daily, unless their blood tests show ...
There are hundreds of different types of anemia. Most people think of anemia as an iron deficiency. Anemia is actually a lack of red blood cells. Red blood cells are essential for distributing oxygen throughout the body. Without oxygen distribution we become weak and our bodies fail to work as they should. Iron deficiency anemia ...
Iron deficiency anemia in men is not as common as it is in women or children, but can still cause major health problems for men. Only about 3% of men develop iron deficiency anemia. Unlike women, this type of anemia in men is not as easy to determine the source. In women, this anemia is ...
According to the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA), celiac disease (CD) should be considered in any patient with unexplained iron deficiency anemia. The AGA describes celiac disease as a permanent intolerance to gluten, the storage protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. CD is characterized by a chronic inflammatory state that disturbs the workings of the ...