Impact of menstrual blood loss and diet on iron deficiency among women in the UK

Linda J Harvey; Charlotte N Armah; Jack R Dainty; Robert J Foxall; D John Lewis; Nicola J Langford; Susan J Fairweather-Tait

doi:10.1079/BJN20051493

Impact of menstrual blood loss and diet on iron deficiency among women in the UK

Linda J Harvey, Charlotte N Armah, Jack R Dainty, Robert J Foxall, D John Lewis, Nicola J Langford, Susan J Fairweather-Tait

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Abstract

Women of childbearing age are at risk of Fe deficiency if insufficient dietary Fe is available to replace menstrual and other Fe losses. Haem Fe represents 10-15 % of dietary Fe intake in meat-rich diets but may contribute 40 % of the total absorbed Fe. The aim of the present study was to determine the relative effects of type of diet and menstrual Fe loss on Fe status in women. Ninety healthy premenopausal women were recruited according to their habitual diet: red meat, poultry/fish or lacto-ovo-vegetarian. Intake of Fe was determined by analysing 7 d duplicate diets, and menstrual Fe loss was measured using the alkaline haematin method. A substantial proportion of women (60 % red meat, 40 % lacto-ovo-vegetarian, 20 % poultry/fish) had low Fe stores (serum ferritin

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	557-564
Number of pages	8
Journal	British Journal of Nutrition
Volume	94
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1079/BJN20051493
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Iron-Deficiency Anemia
Animals
Diet
Diet, Vegetarian
Female
Ferritins
Fishes
Humans
Dietary Iron
Linear Models
Menstruation
Nutritional Status
Poultry

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