Food and drink - Nutrition basics - Iron - Nutrition
What is iron?
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Iron is an essential mineral and a component of hemoglobin in red blood cells. Hemoglobin enables oxygen to be transported from the lungs to the body’s tissues. Iron is also a component of myoglobin, which plays a role in supplying muscles with oxygen. Iron deficiency can impair hemoglobin formation and contribute to iron-deficiency anemia.
Iron is a mineral for hemoglobin, oxygen transport, myoglobin, and normal blood formation.
