The importance of iron in human metabolism

Iron is important for human life. It is found in every cell of the human body. Iron is essential to manufacture hemoglobin found in the red blood cells and myoglobin found in muscles. These two are oxygen-carrying proteins. Hemoglobin carries oxygen from the lungs to different parts of the body.

There are various recommendations regarding the timing of planned pregnancy after weight loss surgery which are based on a theoretical understanding of what occurs after the operation. A truly controlled scientific study evaluating the risk and benefit of pregnancy after surgical weight loss is difficult to design. We employ a common sense approach based on surgical literature as well as an understanding of the changes that occur after surgical operations for weight loss.