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00:15 Nutritional security for baby
01:31 Iron is essential
01:58 Iron fortification
02:23 The biscuit study
03:24 Improved iron status
04:12 Iron status took a dive
04:58 Extra iron is not absorbed
05:24 The extra iron feeds gut bacteria
06:02 Fighting for iron
06:35 Extra iron attracts iron guzzling bacteria
07:04 Causing gut inflammation
07:47 Gut residents determine your health
08:18 Taking iron supplements risky
The effects of iron fortification on the gut microbiota in African children: a randomized controlled trial in Coˆ te d’Ivoire.
Am J Clin Nutr (2010) 92:1406–15.
Michael B Zimmermann, Christophe Chassard, Fabian Rohner, Elie´zer K N’Goran, Charlemagne Nindjin, Alexandra Dostal, Ju¨rg Utzinger, Hala Ghattas, Christophe Lacroix, and Richard F Hurrell.