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In the fight against anemia, iron fortification is a clutch player

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imageTake your spinach, Popeye. Fortified flour can deliver more of the iron we need.Jason Lee/Reuters

If nutrition had a World Series, iron would never make the playoffs. Vitamin A scores home runs for preventing childhood blindness. Folic acid knocks it out of the park by preventing devastating birth defects. Iodine throws a shut-out by protecting a...

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