In addition to being fodder from Woodruff's study, NHANES is a powerful force for good health: the NHANES studies are behind advances like
iron fortification of grains and cereals and the ban on leaded gasoline.
Iron fortification of infant formulas.
Not exact matches
Dietary diversification including
iron - rich foods and enhancement
of iron absorption, food
fortification and
iron supplementation.
And they say future research should explore «feasible strategies
of iron delivery» as well as «evaluation
of the effectiveness
of other strategies, such as
fortification and dietary diversification.»
Overall, given our findings and the new WHO guidelines recommending
iron fortification for the prevention and treatment
of anemia among children younger than 2 years (in whom the prevalence
of anemia is ≥ 20 percent), there should be renewed interest and consideration for implementing
iron fortification in Ghana as part
of the national nutrition policy.»
«The findings from the current study not only address a gap in the literature, but also have potentially important policy implications for countries like Ghana that have not implemented
iron supplementation or
fortification as part
of anemia control programs in part due to the joint recommendation from the WHO and UNICEF.
2 articles on
iron supplements in the American Journal
of Nutrition: Review: Effects
of iron fortification and supplementation on the gut microbiome and diarrhea in infants and children: a review — Daniela Paganini — American Journal
of Clinical Nutrition
There was a lot
of complaints about the increase in
iron fortification, also, folic acid is not the optimal folate.
In the early 1940's, enrichment to restore some B vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin) and the mineral
iron to refined flour began.1 Enrichment is defined as the addition
of vitamins and minerals to restore nutrients to levels found in a food prior to storage, handling, and processing.2 In 1996, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated the
fortification of enriched grain products with folic acid to help women
of childbearing age reduce the risk
of having a pregnancy affected with a neural tube defect.3 Similar to the process
of enriching foods,
fortification also refers to the addition
of nutrients, but
of nutrients that were not originally present in a food.2
The formula that I created will deliver the.27 mg / day with no other
fortification because blackstrap molasses contains a good amount
of iron.
Those consequences begin with severe impairment
of agriculture, leading in turn to failure
of the Mexican government and massive increases in attempts to emigrate to the U.S.. From that flows the closing
of the border with «
Iron Curtain» - style
fortifications, including automated machine gun posts and anti-personnel mines.