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NUTRITION - HEALTH
Must we have an iron supplementation ?
In prevention, it’s useless and potentially Treatments by iron injections are reserved for
dangerous on the long term. pathological situations (strong iron-deficiency
anaemia) and must be supervised by a doctor.
In case of real deficiency, oral supplements are not You mustn’t forget that high-dose iron is a toxic
very efficient and can have side effects (digestive element.
problems).
Be careful with hazardous auto-supplementations !
Iron is hidden in many of our foods to consume more or less regularly
Bibliographical references
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2nd edition, Vigot (1998).
A Case Study of an Iron Deficient Female Olympic
Effect of iron supplementation on fatigue in 1500m Runner. Pedlar CR., and al. Int J Sports
nonanemic menstruating women with low ferritin: Physiol Perform. 2013 Feb 20
a randomized controlled trial. Vaucher P et al.,
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