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Iron

Specific Recommendations:

• Iron products at iHerb
• Vitacost iron products
• Drugstore.com/GNC iron supplements

General Information:

• Iron - Vitacost Health Library
• Iron for Sports & Fitness - Vitacost Health Library
• Iron-Deficiency Anemia - Vitacost Health Library
• Iron - The Natural Pharmacist
• How do I choose an iron supplement? - drugstore.com

CME/CEM:

• Iron Deficiency Anemia - US Pharmacist, exp. 4/30/02

News & Research:

• Blood Loss Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Iron Overload - Medscape, 1/23/08
• Inulin May Help With Iron Uptake, Too - Science Daily, 1/7/08
• Body iron stores in relation to the metabolic syndrome, glycemic control and complications in female patients with type 2 diabetes - Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2007 Dec 4 - "Ferritin, soluble Transferrin Receptor (sTfR), sTfR/Log ferritin ratio (sTfR-F index) ... Patients within the lowest tertile of the sTfR-F index had significantly higher fasting insulin, percent B, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and Apolipoprotein B than those in the highest tertile. Ferritin showed significant correlations with insulin, percent B and inverse correlations with adiponectin and percent S. The sTfR-F index was significantly correlated with insulin, percent B and lipid parameters"
  • Ferritin definition - medterms.com - "The blood level of ferritin serves as an indicator of the amount of iron stored in the body"
• Novel Way To Remove Iron From Ferritin Could Dramatically Improve Sickle Cell Treatment - Science Daily, 11/5/07
• NIH Scientists Discover Novel Cause Of Iron Overload In Thalassemia Disorders - Doctor's Guide, 9/5/07
• My periods are quite heavy. I lose so much blood that I become severely anemic and sometimes have to get iron shots. What can I do? - Dr. Murray
• Teaching An Old Drug New Tricks: Fighting Iron Disorders With Drug Against Hypertension - Science Daily, 2/19/07
• Iron-deficient Infants Have Lower Cognitive Scores At 19, Especially In Lower Socioeconomic Levels - Science Daily, 11/8/06
• Low Iron Could Help Spur Baldness - HealthDay, 5/31/06 - "Iron deficiency is the world's most common nutritional deficiency ... If iron deficiency is detected and treated in the early stages, patients may be able to grow hair more effectively"
• Recommended Iron Levels for Pregnant Women Found to Be too High - Doctor's Guide, 5/31/06
• Hair Loss? It May Be Iron Deficiency - WebMD, 5/17/06 - "whatever the cause of hair loss -- for both women and men -- having too little iron in the blood makes it worse"
• Iron, calcium linked to lung cancer - Nutra USA, 12/5/05 - "The risk of lung cancer increased by 50 per cent for calcium intake greater than 1270 mg per day ... the increased lung cancer risk was the result of nonheme iron [iron from plant sources]… heme iron [from animal sources] was associated with decreased risk of lung cancer"
• Iron transporter discovered; major impact for supplements - Nutra USA, 9/12/05
• High Dietary Iron in Patients With Elevated Transferrin Saturation May Increase Cancer Risk - Medscape, 3/29/05 - "Among persons with increased transferrin saturation, a daily intake of dietary iron more than 18 mg is associated with an increased risk of cancer"
• Stocking Up on Iron? - Dr. Weil, 12/7/04
• Iron Supplementation May Help Children With ADHD - Medscape, 12/6/04 - "Iron deficiency has been previously considered a potent cause of poor cognitive impairment, learning disability, and psychomotor instability ... ferritin levels were significantly lower in children with ADHD"
• Exercise Fatigue? You May Need Iron - Healthwell, 10/21/04
• Unrecognized Iron Deficiency Can Impair Immunity in Older Women - Doctor's Guide, 9/29/04
• Iron review - ConsumerLab.com, 7/26/04
• Iron Supplements Help Only Certain Non-anemic Women - Science Daily, 5/20/04
• Distracted Young Women May Need More Iron - Intelihealth, 4/28/04 - "Women in the Penn State study who were iron-deficient performed significantly worse on memory and attention tests than healthy women, and an iron supplement was all it took to correct the problem" - See iHerb or Vitacost iron products.
• Mild Iron Deficiency May Harm Women's Memory - WebMD, 4/19/04
• High Heme-iron Intake May be Associated with Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes - Doctor's Guide, 1/12/03
• Iron Supplement Boosts Energy in Women with Unexplained Fatigue - Healthwell Exchange Daily News, 9/25/03
• Iron Fights Fatigue in Women - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 9/03
• Iron, Manganese Linked to Parkinson’s - Physician's Weekly, 8/18/03
• Profound Effects On Immune Function Of Iron Therapy In End-Stage Renal Disease - Doctor's Guide, 7/30/03 - "Iron therapy, given to treat anaemia in combination with recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), depresses immune function by inhibiting TNF-a production and increasing IL-4"
• Iron Stores May Predict Diabetes Risk - Doctor's Guide, 6/18/03 - "Women in the highest quintile of ferritin concentration were 2.66 times more likely to have diabetes, compared with those in the lowest quintile"
• Iron May Increase Risk of Parkinson's Disease - WebMD, 6/9/03 - "The rate of Parkinson's disease was almost double in those with the highest intake of iron and the trace mineral manganese ... To put it in perspective, a person's lifetime risk of getting Parkinson's disease is about one in 1,000, so doubling that means the risk would be two in 1,000"
• Orally Active Iron Chelator May be Effective in Treating Iron Overload - Doctor's Guide, 5/29/03
• Iron Supplements May Help Fatigued Women - Doctor's Guide, 5/22/03 - "Women who experience unexplained fatigue, but who are not anaemic may benefit from iron supplementation ...The level of fatigue after one month decreased by - 1.82/6.37 points (29%) in the iron group, compared with - 0.85/6.46 points (13%) in the placebo group ... the lower limit for serum ferritin concentration is controversial: iron stores in the bone marrow may serve as a better indicator of iron deficiency, they add. The lower reference limits for serum ferritin and haemoglobin concentrations have been considered too low for women and it has been suggested should be the same as for men"
• Iron Improves Muscle Strength and Endurance - New Hope Natural Media, 4/10/03 - "after six weeks of iron supplementation, the women had 10 to 15% less muscle fatigue after the fourth minute of leg exercises, and leg muscle strength after completion of the exercises was increased by 26.5%" - See iHerb or Vitacost iron products.
• Toxic Effects Of Iron Not Responsible For Increased Susceptibility To Infections In Children With Beta-Thalassaemia Major - Doctor's Guide, 4/2/03
• Iron Deficiency Harms Brain - WebMD, 11/8/02 - "Too little iron may be the cause of at least some cases of Alzheimer's disease ... As people age, their red blood cells have less of the stuff that makes them red. It's called heme, a cellular form of iron ... It's fairly common for people to get too little iron or vitamin B6 in their diets. Exposure to aluminum or other toxic metals is also quite common. All these things block heme in brain cells" - See iHerb or Vitacost iron products.
• Iron Overload Gene Tied To Increased Risk Of Colon Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 1/16/03
• Iron May Play Role In Endometriosis - Doctor's Guide, 10/17/02 - "Iron overload has been observed in the cellular and peritoneal fluid compartments of the peritoneal cavity of women with endometriosis"
• Increased Serum Ferritin Common in Hypertensive Men - Doctor's Guide, 8/21/02
• Iron insufficiency linked to first febrile seizure - Doctor's Guide, 8/16/02
• Excess Iron: A Health Risk? - Dr. Weil, 6/28/02
• You Don't Have to be Anemic to be Iron-Deficient - New Hope Natural Media, 6/27/02
• Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia Warns of Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/21/02 - "Severe anemia defined by a ferritin level of 20 ng/mL or less, or a hemoglobin level of 12.5 or less, is a sign of cancer risk that should be investigated by endoscopy"
• Excess Iron Can Pose Health Hazard - Nutrition Science News, 3/02
• Iron Supplementation Enhances Aerobic Training In Iron-Depleted Women - Intelihealth, 3/25/02 - "Iron deficiency without anemia occurs in about 12% of premenopausal women in the United States, and may negatively affect adaptation to aerobic training in women by reducing their endurance capacity"
• Fighting Fatigue: Iron Overload vs. Anaemia - Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals, 2/02 - "Menstruating women are more likely to feel tired because of an iron deficiency, whereas men 40 years and older are more likely to tire from iron overload ... the anaemia rate of adults older than 85 may be similarly high—ranging from 17 to 28 per cent ... In a state of iron overload, fatigue is often accompanied by arthritis, diabetes, infertility, male impotence, skin pigmentation, and liver or heart disease ... unexplained fatigue may be a physical symptom of masked depression"
• Pregnancy Vitamins Cut Leukemia in Kids - WebMD, 12/6/01 - "Moms who used both folic acid and iron supplements in pregnancy were 60% less likely to have a child develop leukemia"
• When the Body Absorbs Too Much Iron - WebMD, 10/15/01
• Iron-Deficient Children at Risk for Higher Blood Lead Levels - Doctor's Guide, 10/4/01
• Mining Mineral Supplements - Nutrition Science News, 7/01
• Iron Deficiency Can Hamper Kids' Learning, Performance - WebMD, 6/20/01 - "Even if it's not severe, iron deficiency could affect your child's performance in school"
• Study Links Even Mild Iron Deficiency With Low Math Scores - Intelihealth, 6/4/01 - "compared with children with normal iron levels, iron-deficient youngsters were more than twice as likely to score below average on a standardized math test"
• Dietary Supplements Survival Kit - Nutrition Science News, 6/01
• Some U.S. Elderly Take Unnecessary Iron Supplements, Iron Needs Vary According to Age, Gender - WebMD, 2/16/01
• Too Much Iron May Lead to Heart Attack  WebMD, 10/25/00
• Supplementing Vegetarian Diets - Nutrition Science News, 10/00
• Too Much of a Good Thing - Nutrition Science News, 6/00
• High Iron Levels Linked To More Stroke Damage - Doctor's Guide, 4/25/00
• High Iron Levels Identified in Brains of Alzheimer's Patients - WebMD, 2/28/00
• Zinc, Not Iron, May Be the Answer to Anemia - Nutrition Science News, 11/00
• Hemochromatosis: If you don't know what it is, you should - CNN, 7/26/99
• Pediatricians push for iron-fortified infant formula - CNN, 7/6/99
• Hair Loss and Thyroid Disease - About.com, 6/10/99 - "In a recent study, Dr Hugh Rushton, a professor at Portsmouth University, also found that 90 percent of women with thinning hair were deficient in iron and the amino acid lysine"
• Extra Iron Spawns Free Radicals in Gut - Nutrition Science News, 6/99
• Essential Nutrients for Endurance Athletes - Nutrition Science News, 5/99
• Can Cirrhosis be Prevented? - Nutrition Science News, 1/99 - "Limit iron because hepatitis viruses thrive in iron-rich environments. An iron surfeit impairs many aspects of immune function including T lymphocyte proliferation and maturation. Also, iron catalyzes damage by oxidants ..."
• Scientists Identify Protein Essential For Iron Absorption - Doctor's Guide, 2/4/98
• Research Supports Link Between Iron Levels And Heart Disease - Doctor's Guide, 11/11/97
• Women With Low, But Not Anemic, Iron Have Impaired Physical Performance - Doctor's Guide, 6/2/97

Abstracts:

• Iron treatment normalizes cognitive functioning in young women - Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Mar;85(3):778-87 - "Severity of anemia primarily affects processing speed, and severity of iron deficiency affects accuracy of cognitive function over a broad range of tasks. Thus, the effects of iron deficiency on cognition are not limited to the developing brain"
• Effect of treatment with food supplement (containing: selected sea fish cartilage, vitamin C, vitamin E, folic acid, zinc, copper) in women with iron deficiency: double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial - Minerva Med. 2006 Oct;97(5):385-390 - "in patients with iron deficiency, the use of a food supplement, consisting of nutrients that improve the bioavailability of Fe, leads to a significant improvement in blood iron and blood ferritin levels"
• Are we giving too much iron? Low-dose iron therapy is effective in octogenarians - Am J Med. 2005 Oct;118(10):1142-7
• Effects of 4 weeks iron supplementation on haematological and immunological status in elite female soccer players - Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2004 Dec;13(4):353-358 - "These results suggest that 4 weeks of iron supplementation by elite female soccer players significantly increased body iron stores and inhibited decrease of haemoglobin concentration induced by soccer training"
• Iron Deficiency Alters Brain Development and Functioning - J. Nutr. 133:1468S-1472S, May 2003 - "Iron deficiency anemia in early life is related to altered behavioral and neural development. Studies in human infants suggest that this is an irreversible effect that may be related to changes in chemistry of neurotransmitters, organization and morphology of neuronal networks, and neurobiology of myelination"
• Ferric Citrate is Half as Effective as Ferrous Sulfate in Meeting the Iron Requirement of Juvenile Tilapia - J. Nutr. 133:483-488, 2/03
• Nutritional factors and hair loss - Clinical & Experimental Dermatology, 7/02 - "serum ferritin concentrations were a factor in female hair loss ... The role of the essential amino acid, l-lysine in hair loss also appears to be important. Double-blind data confirmed the findings of an open study in women with increased hair shedding, where a significant proportion responded to l-lysine and iron therapy" - See iHerb and Vitacost l-lysine products.

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