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Journal of the American Dietetic Association, May 2003 v103 i5 p601(1)
Iron fulfillment possible through vegetarian lifestyle.
Damon Brown. Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2003 American Dietetic Association
" There's this old myth that vegetarians don't get enough iron and can't
absorb it as well, and here's this research saying that both [vegetarian and
non-vegetarian] groups are getting the iron they need."
" Iron status is not an unusual concern for current as well as potential
vegetarians since meat, a strong iron source, must be replaced by other foods.
In the previous piece researchers Wells, Haub, Fluckey, Williams, Chernoff,
and Campbell compared the iron status of older men consuming a vegetarian
(lacto-ovo) diet to those consuming a beef diet. The 21 men, aged 59 to 78
years and having a BMI range of 24 to 33 kg/[m.sup.2], were observed over 12
weeks while resistive training.
These results suggest that a beef-containing diet may better maintain or
improve hematological indexes during resistive training," the researchers say,
adding that it "should be noted that the [v]egitarian group's hematological
profile was maintained within normal ranges and did not decline over time with
resistance training and continued consumption of a meat-free diet."
