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Journal of Nutrition Vol. 23 No. 3 March 1942, pp. 229-238
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The Iron Metabolism and Requirement of Young Women1

Ruth M. Leverton and Alice G. Marsh

Human Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Home Economics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Ninety-nine 1-week iron metabolism studies were made on sixty-nine young women between the ages of 16 and 27 years who were living on self-chosen diets.

The average daily intake of 10.44 mg. of iron provided an average daily storage of 1.37 mg. which is ample to replace normal menstrual losses. As the level of intake rose from below 8 mg. to 16 mg. the occurrence of negative balances decreased and the amount of iron that was stored increased.

Seven subjects whose diets were generous in other nutrients had an average daily iron intake of 7.21 mg. and were storing 1.55 mg. daily or more than enough iron to replace that lost in normal menstruation. Five other subjects with similar iron intakes but suboptimum diets in other respects had an average daily negative balance of 1.30 mg. of iron.

There is no occasion for suggesting more or less iron than is recommended in current dietary standards for young women. However, calculations to determine whether a diet contains an adequate amount of iron may eventually be discontinued since it appears that emphasis should rather be placed upon obtaining diets optimum in other essential nutrients which have been shown to function in efficient iron absorption and utilization.

1 Published with the approval of the Director as paper no. 297, Journal Series, Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station. Approved for publication by the Advisory Committee as paper no. 8 of the Regional Project of the North Central States Relating to the Nutritional Status of College Women.

Manuscript received 26 September 1941.


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