Why is maintaining a healthy iron level important?
Iron is essential for healthy red blood cells. Ironis part of the hemoglobin molecule that gives red blood cells (RBC) their color. When oxygen moves from your lungs into the blood, hemoglobin helps your RBCs to pick up the oxygen and to carry it to all parts of your body. Each and every cell in your body needs oxygen to produce energy. With enough energy in every one of your body cells, you feel “full” of energy. Without enough iron, your cells produce less energy. You may not know it right away, but after living some time with low iron in your blood, you may become anemic and you feel tired, weak, and irritable.
