Tackling the Menace of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anaemia


Blood - that is what delivers oxygen and nutrients to every cell in the body.
The process of oxygen delivery is a very intricate process - Breathing in binds oxygen to hemoglobin in the lungs after the release of Carbon Dioxide. (Haemoglobin contains protein and iron. Iron makes up haeme and therefore being iron deficient leads to anaemia). The oxygen then travels to each cell and unbinds from hemoglobin to enter the cells. The hemoglobin then takes up the carbon dioxide in the lungs.
Oxygen is what is required for each cell to produce energy. If energy is unavailable then the cell dies. If oxygen is deficient then energy production in each cell is inadequate.