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Explain how iron, in the diet of humans, is used in the body.
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Explain how iron, in the diet of humans, is used in the body.

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The human body needs iron to make the oxygen-carrying proteins hemoglobin and myoglobin. Hemoglobin is found in red blood cells. Myoglobin is found in muscles

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