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Iron pots help fend off anemia
Eating food cooked in iron, rather than ceramic or aluminum, pots lowers anemia rates in Ethiopian children.
References:
Adish, A.A., et al. 1999. Effect of consumption of food cooked in iron pots on iron status and growth of young children: A randomised trial. Lancet 353(Feb. 27):712.
Brabin, B. 1999. Iron pots for cooking: Wishful thinking or traditional common sense? Lancet 353(Feb. 27):690.
Further Readings:
Hallberg, L., and N-G Asp. 1996. Iron Nutrition in Health and Disease. London: John Libbey.
Latham, M.C., et al. 1990. Improvements in growth following iron supplementation in young Kenyan school children. Nutrition Health 6:159.
Sources:
Bernard Brabin
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Tropical Child Health Group
Liverpool L3 5QA
United Kingdom
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 11, March 13, 1999, p. 175. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
