Dietary iron intake and risk of death due to cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

CONCLUSIONS: Higher dietary intake of heme iron was associated with a greater risk of CVD mortality. Reducing consumption of heme iron may help to prevent premature death due to CVD.
PMID: 32674239 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition - July 19, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Han M, Guan L, Ren Y, Zhao Y, Liu D, Zhang D, Liu L, Liu F, Chen X, Cheng C, Li Q, Guo C, Zhou Q, Tian G, Qie R, Huang S, Wu X, Liu Y, Li H, Sun X, Zhang M, Hu D, Lu J Tags: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Source Type: research