Sometimes people with low iron in their diets develope a condition where blood does not contain the n?
November 17th, 2009 | by Diet Advisor |
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Sometimes people with low iron in their diets develope a condition in which their blood does not contain the normal amount of oxygen. Explain why this is so.
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Sometimes people with low iron in their diets develope a condition in which their blood does not contain the normal amount of oxygen. Explain why this is so.
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2 Responses to “Sometimes people with low iron in their diets develope a condition where blood does not contain the n?”
By ros on Nov 17, 2009 | Reply
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People with low iron are anaemic. This means they have a low red blood cell count. Red blood cells carry the oxygen around the body.
By Ms. Worth on Nov 19, 2009 | Reply
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Iron is a necessary component for the body to manufacture hemoglobin. Hemoglobin — the red pigment found in red blood cells — is the molecule that binds to oxygen for transport around to all the cells of the body.
Therefore, when iron in the diet is too low, the amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cells becomes too low, and the person can end up with an iron-deficiency anemia.
In that case, the lack of hemoglobin in the red blood cells causes the blood to carry less oxygen than normal.