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Sometimes people with low iron in their diets develope a condition in which their blood does not contain the normal amount of oxygen. Explain why this is so.
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Loosely speaking, iron helps in transporting oxygen in the blood. Without iron, efficiency of blood to carry oxygen is greatly reduced, called anemia.
Check out these sites:
http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/anaemia_iron.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_deficiency_anemia