NO HEME-IRON BREAST CANCER RISK

Intakes of dietary iron and heme-iron and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the National Institutes of Health–AARP Diet and Health Study “The results of this large cohort study do not support an association between iron or heme-iron intakes and postmenopausal...

HEME-IRON HAS BETTER UPTAKE

Duodenal Absorption and Tissue Utilization of Dietary Heme and Nonheme Iron Differ in Rats “Differential tissue utilization of heme vs. non-heme iron was evident between erythroid and iron storage tissues, suggesting that Heme-Iron may be exported into the circulation...