Diet for Iron Deficiency

Professor Dr. Klaus Günther works as a scientist at the Research Centre Jülich, a member of the Helmholtz Association, the largest scientific organisation in Germany, and teaches as a professor at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. For many years, his research has focused on the availability of minerals and trace elements in foods and their importance for humans. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in international journals and has served as a member of various expert committees, including those of higher federal authorities. Professor Günther held chairs at the Universities of Duisburg-Essen and Bonn. He was appointed honorary professor at the Technical University of Graz, Austria and Nanchang University, P.R. China.

• Introduction.- Biochemistry of iron.- Systemic iron homeostasis.- Anemia and iron deficiency.- Diagnosis of iron deficiency states.- The iron requirement.- Bioavailability.- Diet in iron deficiency.- Iron and special diets.- Iron supplementation.