“It is crucial to adjust the prenatal iron supplementation to each pregnant woman’s needs,” as risks are run for the infant both in over and under-dosing, new research has concluded.
Insufficient amounts of iron in the body may lead to psychosocial health consequences such as depression among women of reproductive age (WRA), according to research published in the Journal of Nutrition.
A new systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by supplement manufacturer Balchem concludes ferrous bisglycinate supplementation in pregnant women results in improved haemoglobin status and a 64% lower rate of side effects compared to other iron...
One in three children aged six to 36 months old is at risk of anaemia, according to a new study from Malaysia. In our latest Nutrachampion podcast, a prominent paediatric endocrinologist who led the study discusses the prevalence of anaemia in young children...
A new RCT proposes that routine, low dose iron supplementation helps reduce the burden of exercise and improve the mood and fatigue among non-anaemic athletes.
Significant differences were noted in the intestinal bacterial populations of iron-deficient anaemic (IDA) women compared with healthy controls, with Faecalibacterium species displaying the greatest reductions, a new metabolomics study finds.
A combination of pig skin collagen peptide and iron (PSCP-Fe) could treat iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) by modulating intestinal flora, according to a recent study.
Supplementing the diet with prebiotics like galactooligosaccharides (GOS) may boost iron absorption from foods and help manage childhood deficiency, suggests a new study done with rats.
Supplementation with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 299v may improve iron levels in healthy pregnant women and help to prevent iron deficiency for this important group, according to a new study from Sweden.
A Fonterra funded study suggests that milk fortified with micronutrients, especially zinc and iron, can be an effective tool to alleviate nutrition deficiencies among young children.
New York State-based Fortitech announced its Asia Pacific
operations have secured a manufacture and supply contract for iron
premix with the Pakistan Ministry of Health's National Wheat Flour
Fortification Program.
Purified ferritin from soybeans is easily adsorbed in the body and
could provide a new way of raising iron levels in low-iron
populations, reports a new study.
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare has reformulated Materna, the prenatal
vitamin it sells in Canada, in the light of recent research
suggesting that an extremely high iron content in prenatal vitamins
can cause gastrointestinal problems.
Iron-deficient women who take supplements of the nutrient to remedy
the impact on their physical performance could be wasting their
time, suggests a new study. But for those not yet anemic but
deficient of iron in body tissues, supplements...
A major French study on the effects of nutritional supplements has
confirmed the link between iron deficiency and hair loss, reports
the leading French cosmetics group L'Oreal.
Giving children combined iron-zinc supplements may be less
effective in preventing deficiencies of the minerals than
individual supplementation, find researchers.
Anaemic adults and children cost developing countries billions of
dollars in lost productivity, according to a recent study. The
authors report that on average, a country loses 0.6 per cent of its
GDP due to physical productivity...
Some soybean varieties may be able to improve the nutritional
levels of women who are marginally iron deficient, suggest US
researchers who have been studying iron bioavailability in
different varieties of the seed.
Infants and children the world over are failing to consume
sufficient quantities of essential vitamins and minerals, according
to scientists from the Academy of Paediatric Nutrition.
