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- Title
Boosting Iron Absorption in Infants.
- Authors
Pons, Luis
- Abstract
The article discusses the research of physiologist Raymond Glahn to boost the amount of iron absorbed by infants from developing countries. The article describes how Glahn found that the size of meat particles that infants imbibe affects the bioavailability of iron when homogenized with cereals such as maize, rice, and wheat. Details are provided regarding the in vitro evaluation of the digestion of processed foods such as freeze-dried meats. Comments by scientist Rebecca Stoltzfus are provided indicating that Glahn's research may address the iron-deficiency-induced anemia that affects one-third of the world's population. Also discussed is the potential to introduce food with heme-iron and deep-red iron that consists in the molecules of hemoglobin and myoglobin.
- Subjects
IRON deficiency anemia in children; SOCIAL conditions of developing countries; BIOAVAILABILITY; ABSORPTION (Physiology); PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of iron; IRON content of food; PROCESSED foods; PREPARED cereals; FREEZE-drying; STOLTZFUS, Rebecca; GLAHN, Raymond; PREVENTION
- Publication
Agricultural Research, 2008, Vol 56, Issue 3, p18
- ISSN
0002-161X
- Publication type
Article