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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 14, 47-51, Copyright © 1964 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Iron Overload in Bantu Subjects

Studies on the Availability of Iron in Bantu Beer

T. H. BOTHWELL M.D., M.R.C.P.1, H. SEFTEL B.SC., DIP. MED.1, P. JACOBS M.B., B.CH.1, J. D. TORRANCE M.SC.1, and N. BAUMSLAG M.B., B.CH.1

1 From the Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School and Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

A series of studies were carried out to assess the amounts of iron being consumed by urban male Bantu adults. It was found that the majority were taking between 50 and 100 mg. daily, most of which was present in fermented alcoholic beverages.

The availability of iron in Bantu beer was measured in Bantu and white subjects. In both groups it was absorbed to the same degree as a ferric salt. On the whole the percentage absorption was lower in the Bantu subjects, and this was probably due to the fact that body stores are greater than normal in the majority of them.

From the data obtained it would appear that the degrees of siderosis present in middle-aged Bantu men can be explained on their high iron intake alone.




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