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Why does the body control the amount of iron that is absorbed?

Why does the body control the amount of iron that is absorbed?

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Iron is essential for our body.major part of iron used by hemoglobin to make red blood cells and some part of iron absorption occur in liver.Around 2 mg of iron taken by duodenum and jejunum.

there are 2 important sign that absorption of iron can affect.

1.red blood generation is the first sign that shows need of iron.

2.the  amount of iron our body stores it is a second sign.when the body level of iron stores gets low then it activates the absorption.

so our digestive system are made to organised to great amount of iron absorption.there is no control present in our human body for the excretion of iron & iron absorption is regulating by the levels are balanced.iron is essential for enzymes and as well as oxygen binding with hemoglobin in red blood cells

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