Full-text (PDF) | 1.1 Scope and purpose of the document: The purpose of this document is to assess, evaluate, and give guidance on the role of elemental speciation and speciation analysis in hazard and risk assessment, rather than to present a review of each element and its speciation. The effects...
Iron in plant foods such as lentils, beans, and spinach is nonheme iron. This is the form of iron added to iron-enriched and iron-fortified foods. Our bodies are less efficient at absorbing nonheme iron, but most dietary iron is nonheme iron. 1  1.
Dietary Mineral Facts. Besides being one of the most abundant metals on Earth, Iron is an important dietary mineral that is critical to human health. It is known as one of the essential minerals.he iron found in meats is in the form of Heme Iron. This is the iron that comes from the hemoglobin and is found in foods from animals (meats) that had hemoglobin, or blood, in them.