Iron plays an important role in several exercise-relevant processes such as red blood cell production, and energy metabolism, whilst also contributing to our cognitive function, and the body’s immune response. Despite being important, the human body has no innate way to generate its own iron supply, and therefore, we are reliant on dietary iron intake to obtain our daily needs. Interestingly, exercise results in several outcomes that cause us to utilise our iron stores (i.e., red blood cell...
