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Sometimes people with low iron in their diets develope a condition in which their blood does not contain the normal amount of oxygen. Explain why this is so.
Loosely speaking, iron helps in transporting oxygen in the blood. Without iron, efficiency of blood to carry oxygen is greatly reduced, called anemia.
Check out these sites:
http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/anaemia_iron.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_deficiency_anemia
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Loosely speaking, iron helps in transporting oxygen in the blood. Without iron, efficiency of blood to carry oxygen is greatly reduced, called anemia.
Check out these sites:
http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/anaemia_iron.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_deficiency_anemia
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