Dangerous to health .. Beware of excessive iron intake

Follow up – Samah Ismail

The Federal Center for Risk Assessment warned. The dangers of taking nutritional supplements. containing iron. Pointing out that if the person does not suffer from a deficiency. Or he lacked these materials and really needed them. It is wrong to take it without consulting a doctor.

It can cause excessive iron intake. Over a long period of time, the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes increases.

The institute pointed out that there are great disagreements about the maximum dose of iron, whose excess poses a threat to health, and it has not been proven that the body benefits positively when it is supplied with large amounts of iron, but rather the opposite is true.

The institute explained that the human body’s need for iron increases only during the growth stage of children, as well as in women as a result of losing this element during menstruation and during pregnancy.

In order to get iron naturally without taking nutritional supplements, the institute confirmed that meat is the best source of supplying it to a person, because the body absorbs iron from it perfectly, pointing out that this element is also found in abundance in some plant foods such as beetroot, legumes and whole grain products.

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