The importance of the intestinal microbiota in the absorption of iron What is the microbiota?…
Laura Paveglio9 March 2020
Iron deficiency is a reduction of the amount of iron in the body. The iron introduced with food represents only a small part of the iron that our body uses, the remainder comes from the degradation of red blood cells (cells that transport iron to the tissues).
Iron in the body is always linked to specific proteins that are used to store it (ferritin) and to transport it (transferrin, lactoferrin).
Physiological causes?
1
The menstrual cycle
2
The pregnancy
3
Breastfeeding
4
The period of childhood
Pathological causes
anorexia or bulimia
celiac disease
gastritis
other diseases
Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, heart failure, renal failure, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, various forms of cancer and related chemotherapy
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Did you know that…?
The microbiota is the set of all micro-organisms that inhabit inside and on the surface of our body.
