Why do you need iron in your diet?

Question

Find out why you need iron in your diet, how iron is used in medicine? How many electrons does Iron have normally? How many protons? What is its atomic symbol? And how the metal iron is obtained from iron ore?

Answer 1

One aspect:

Iron is an essential ingredient in hemoglobin, which the body uses to transfer oxygen in the blood.

Answer 2

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