Background: Short-term measurements of iron absorption are substantially influenced by
dietary bioavailability of iron, yet bioavailability negligibly affects serum ferritin in longer …

Background: Results of cross-sectional studies suggest that in healthy people, iron
absorption adapts to meet physiologic needs and stabilize iron stores, but this has not been …

Background Adaptation of iron absorption in response to dietary iron bioavailability is less
likely in premenopausal women, who generally have lower iron stores, than in men …

Iron absorption from the whole diet, which contained a highly bioavailable form of iron, was
measured for 5 d in 31 health men, including 12 blood donors. Nonheme iron in all meals …

To assess the nutritional relevance of absorption studies that use extrinsically labeled single
meals, we developed a method for measuring nonheme-iron absorption from the diet and …

Erythrocyte incorporation of isotopic iron (Fe) is the standard method for assessing iron
bioavailability, but the process is expensive, technically difficult, and gives no information on …

Background: Considerable data are available on the individual effects of dietary factors on
nonheme-iron absorption, but their combined effect when they are present in the same meal …

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time (18). Recent studies show a linear relation between the log of total amounts of iron …

Background: Absorption factors are required to convert physiologic requirements for iron into
Dietary Reference Values, but the absorption from single meals cannot be used to estimate …

It is widely recognized that the intake of animal foods is the most important dietary
determinant of the iron status of a population. The primary reason is the high bioavailability …