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Iron in food is just that the element 'Iron' (Fe). We need some Iron in our food because atoms of Iron are required in some places in our bodies. For instance the read colouring of our blood (the bit that carries Oxygen in the blood for us when we breath) is called 'Haemoglobin' and contains Iron. [The 'Heam' in Haemoglobin actually stands for Iron as it does in the name of an ore of Iron called Haematite.]

Iron in our food comes form some vegetables (eg spinich) and from red meet.

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