Iron and Reduced Anemia

• Fortification of condiments and seasonings with iron for preventing anaemia and improving health.

  • 2023-09-01
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 4,459
  • The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2023(9)
  • • Chowdhury Sb Jalal
    • Luz Maria De-Regil
    • Vanessa Pike
    • Prasanna Mithra

  • PubMed: 37665781
  • DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd009604.pub2

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Anemia

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Consuming condiments/seasonings fortified with iron plus other micronutrients may reduce anaemia (RR 0.59, 95% CI 0.40 to 0.89; 1007 participants; 4 studies; low-certainty evidence).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  4.4–55 mg/day

• The Nutritional Challenges Following Revisional Bariatric Surgery After Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis.

  • 2025-11-05
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 49
  • Obesity surgery 35(12)
  • • Hassan El-Masry
    • Mohamed H Mahmoud
    • Batool Sami Mohamed
    • Dina Elraggal
    • Mostafa H Elkholy
    • Ahmed Abokhozima

  • PubMed: 41193797
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11695-025-08325-2

  7 Insights on

  • Reduced Anemia

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Albumin and anemia rates did not differ significantly between procedures, but anemia remained a common complication overall.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No