Everyone needs iron, not too much and not too little. Sufficient iron is key for normal energy. Iron is part of hemoglobin and myoglobin, oxygen carriers in red blood cells and muscles. Iron also is in the mitochondrial electron transport proteins. Because it delivers oxygen to cells and fosters the use of oxygei by cells, iron is as vital as oxygen to convert chemical energy from food into metabolic energy for life.
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