Agriculture could be to blame for widespread iron deficiency

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The common advice to eat more iron-rich foods could be setting women up for failure.


It won’t shock you to hear that many Australian women aren’t having their iron needs met.

But the common advice to eat more iron-rich foods may be setting them up for failure.

This episode, Associate Professor David Frazer head of the molecular nutrition laboratory at QIMR Berghofer discussed how the food we eat has changed since the agricultural revolution.

And these changes to our foods may be what makes us unable to meet our true iron needs.

You can listen and subscribe to the show by searching for “The Tea Room Medical Republic” in your favourite podcast player.

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