Mild iron deficiency affects thinking

islamabad: women with even a small deficiency of iron may have a little more trouble thinking and remembering than those with adequate iron levels, u.S. Researchers reported on monday.

Islamabad: women with even a small deficiency of iron may have a little more trouble thinking and remembering than those with adequate iron levels, u.S. Researchers reported on monday.


They found that young women with mild deficiency but not medical anemia who took iron supplements for four months significantly improved their performance on tests of attention, short-term and long-term memory. They also did better on cognitive tasks.


In addition, anemic women clearly had trouble on the tests of mental performance, the team at pennsylvania state university reported. The more anemic a woman was, the longer

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