Iron pots help fend off anemia

Anemia is a medical condition in which the red blood cell count or hemoglobin is less than normal. The normal level of hemoglobin is generally different in males and females. For men, anemia is typically defined as hemoglobin level of less than 13.5 gram/100ml and in women as hemoglobin of less than 12.0 gram/100ml. These definitions may vary slightly depending on the source and the laboratory reference used.

Some patients with anemia have no symptoms. Others with anemia may feel:

• tired,
  
  
• fatigue easily,
  
  
• appear pale,
  
  
• develop palpitations (feeling of heart racing), and
  
  
• become short of breath.

Anemia can be treated with iron supplements to correct iron deficiency. In severe anemia, blood transfusions may be necessary. Recently, I came across research that indicated that cooking in iron pots can help fend off Anemia:

Ethiopian children eating food cooked in iron pots are less likely to have iron-deficient blood than their playmates who eat similar foods prepared in aluminum pots, a team led by researchers at McGill University in Montreal reports in the Feb. 27

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A journal article from Science Direct also supports the above point.

I need to get hold of one now. La Crueset have a Cast Iron range which can be used on the hob and in the oven. This looks nice and pricey (and the colour is just gorgeous) from La Crueset:

Good News?

Having a big bum, hips and thighs 'is healthy'

Lead researcher Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos, of Oxford University, said: "It is shape that matters and where the fat gathers.

"Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is bad."

He said in an ideal world, the more fat around the thighs the better - as long as the tummy stays slim.

"Unfortunately, you tend not to get one without the other," he said.

Source: BBC