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Meals to Improve Absorption of Iron Supplements

NCT04793906 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2025-02-07

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Summary

One of the targeted objectives of Healthy People 2020 is to reduce iron deficiency among women of reproductive age (WRA). Consuming foods rich in iron and/or oral iron supplementation is typically recommended to improve iron status; however, global rates of iron deficiency remain high. Thus, nutritional strategies to improve/maintain iron status are warranted. Dietary iron is found in two different forms: heme and non-heme iron. Non-heme iron is found in plant-based sources and is commonly used as a supplement and food fortificant. Absorption of non-heme iron is low compared to heme iron, which is found in animal sources, such as beef. Studies have also demonstrated that beef contains an unidentified factor that stimulates the absorption of non-heme iron. The primary objective of the proposed study is to determine the effects of incorporating daily meals containing beef or plant-based alternative with or without an iron supplement on indicators of iron status in iron-deficient WRA.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Iron supplement with a lunch meal containing beef

Participants will consume a lunch meal containing beef with an iron supplement for 8 weeks.

OTHER

Iron supplement with a lunch meal containing plant-based alternative

Participants will consume a lunch meal containing plant-based alternative with an iron supplement for 8 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-10
Primary Completion
2024-11-01
Completion
2024-11-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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