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Iron
Oxygen transport and preventing anemia.
Well studied
- You need a day
- 18 mg women 19 to 50 (men 19 and over: 8 mg; women 51 and over: 8 mg)
- Most pills have
- 18 mg
- Safe max a day
- 45 mg adults 19 and over
- Careful studies
- 1,698 58 in 2025, 70 in 2015
Photo: Magda EhlersWhat the research says
The short version
Iron is a core part of hemoglobin, and supplements correct iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. Most US adults get enough from food, and young children, teen girls and pregnant women are at higher risk of low intake.
Iron overdose has caused child poisoning deaths, doses of 45 mg a day or more can cause nausea and constipation, and people with hemochromatosis should avoid extra iron.
About "most pills": NIH ODS: multivitamins made for women typically provide 18 mg iron; iron-only supplements often provide 65 mg.
Sources: ods.od.nih.gov
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