Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.

Diet and Nutrition

Is Drinking Milk With Meals Decreasing My Iron Absorption?

Published Aug,25 2011 | By Elizabeth Patton

Iron combines with protein to make hemoglobin, the red component of blood that carries oxygen to body cells. It also helps cells use oxygen, prevents nutritional anemia and increases resistance to infection.

Elizabeth Patton is a Clinical Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator who has been writing since 2005. Her work has been published in the "Murray Ledger & Times," "Clinical Skill Builder for Food and Nutrition" and she is editor of Saint Anthony’s Medical Center's diabetes e-newsletter and blog. Patton holds a Master of Science in nutrition from Murray State University.