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

High Iron & Hemoglobin Counts

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Matthew Fox, MD

Iron is a mineral found mostly in red blood cells, also known as erythrocytes. These are the most common blood cells in the bloodstream. Blood also contains white cells, or leukocytes, which are part of the immune system, platelets involved in healing, and a variety of proteins.