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The Effects of Iron Deficiency on Weight Loss
Iron is necessary for synthesis of neurotransmitters, the currency of the brain. So if you're chronically inflamed and your body can't access its iron, you actually end up deficient in neurotransmitters. This ends up driving people towards self-medicating with sweet foods,. And that's a perfectly reasonable response in their situation.