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heme iron

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heme iron,
iron occurring in a heme complex, as in hemoglobin and myoglobin. Dietary sources of iron, are meat, fish, and poultry.


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Heme iron from diet as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in women with type 2 diabetes.
What to do: It's too early to be sure that heme iron promotes gallstones.
Heme iron, derived from animal blood and muscle, is absorbed more readily than the nonheme iron found in plants and iron salts.
 
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