High iron intake may increase appetite, disease risk

Monday, August 24, 2015 - 20:50 in Health & Medicine

Here’s one more reason to cut down on the amount of red meat you eat. Using an animal model, researchers have found that dietary iron intake, equivalent to heavy red meat consumption, suppresses leptin, a hormone that regulates appetite.

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