What does following a gluten-free diet mean? That you're embarking on an easy diet with a wide range of health-promoting effects. Instead of dwelling on what you’re giving up, consider that you’re going to enjoy a whole new world of delicious food options to meet your special dietary needs. You’ll be eating seasonally, choosing more fresh fruits and vegetables, focusing on meats, seafood, poultry, legumes, lentils, corn, and rice, and discovering fascinating ancient grains such as quinoa, amaranth, and millet. You’ll be able to eat potatoes, eggs, most cheeses, even chocolate (!)—and enjoy them without guilt because you’ll be taking good care of your body. In fact, you’ll probably end up eating—and feeling—better than ever!
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Iron-deficiency anemia affects 2% of adult men and between 9 and 20% of adult women in the United States. In the developing world, 40% of preschoolers, and nearly one-third of all people are iron deficient. These numbers highlight the importance of figuring out why so many of us don’t get or absorb enough dietary iron, and a new study points to the B vitamin riboflavin as a possible fix for the problem.
Multivitamins and B-complex supplements can supply riboflavin
Some health experts suspect that riboflavin deficiency may impair the body’s ability to absorb and use iron, and to further clarify the relationship between these nutrients, researchers invited 256 women, aged 19 to 25, to undergo screening for riboflavin deficiency and identified 123 women who were deficient.
The riboflavin-deficient women were randomly selected to receive one of three supplements daily for eight weeks:
Intake of iron did not change throughout the study.
Blood levels of riboflavin and hemoglobin, a marker of anemia, were measured at the start of the study and at 4, 8, and 12 weeks after supplementation began. The researchers found that:
This study suggests that even among healthy adults, low intake of riboflavin may be common. And for people who don’t get enough riboflavin, improving intake may help reduce the risk of iron deficiency, another common nutrition issue. Use our tips to ensure you are getting enough:
(Am J Clin Nutr 2011; 93:1274–84)