Young women’s performance at work or university could be held back by low levels of iron in the blood, suggests a new study published in the Journal of Nutrition. Low iron levels affect up to a third of girls and young women in the UK, with clinical iron deficiency seen in up to one in ten. The trial, on 127 American women aged 18 to 35 years of age, measured … [Read more...] about Sub-optimal iron status holding back mental functioning in young women