World of Psychology

Distracted Young Women May Need More Iron

By John M Grohol PsyD
April 29, 2004

Young women who have trouble concentrating might just need more iron in their diets, researchers say. Women in the Penn State study who were iron-deficient performed significantly worse on memory and attention tests than healthy women, and an iron supplement was all it took to correct the problem. “We were able to bring it right back to normal, back to the level of the iron-sufficient women,” said Laura Murray-Kolb, a Penn State nutritional researcher.


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