Iron (Dietary Excess)
Level 3 — Contested
Iron (Dietary Excess) is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.
Also: heme iron, iron supplementation, fortification iron
Where you'll see it
red meat (heme), fortified breakfast cereals, enriched flour, supplements
What the research says
Iron metabolism generates oxygen radicals in every cell (equivalent to rusting), contributing to oxidative stress that damages mitochondria, lipids, and DNA. Excess heme iron from red meat correlates with diabetes risk; adjusting for iron drops the meat-diabetes hazard ratio from 1.24 to 1.15.
[metabolical] Iron metabolism generates oxygen radicals in every cell (equivalent to rusting), contributing to oxidative stress that damages mitochondria, lipids, and DNA. Excess heme iron from red meat correlates with diabetes risk; adjusting for iron drops the meat-diabetes hazard ratio from 1.24 to 1.15.
Regulatory status
- Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary
Sources
- Metabolical (Lustig) — Chapter 11; Chapter 12: you have to protect the liver from fructose, glucose, branched-chain amino acids, omega-6 fatty acids, iron, and other oxidative stresses