IRON(III) FORMULATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
The present invention relates to an iron-based formulation and compositions thereof for use in a method for the treatment of a gastrointestinal inflammation, in a therapeutic or non-therapeutic treatment of an iron deficiency by administering said formulation to a subject, wherein said iron formulation is capable of reducing (or maintaining constant) the amount of pathogenic bacteria present in the gut microbiota of the treated subject and, preferably, also capable of increasing the variety of the gut microbiota of the treated subject.