Irons in the fire

It’s a tale as old as soy: Plant-based diets are lacking in iron, a vitally important mineral that helps ferry oxygen throughout the body and supports energy metabolism. Conventional meat, the story goes, is the only way to get “enough” iron in your diet.

But researchers from King’s College London, University of the Basque Country and Spain’s Lucio Lascaray Research Institute recently came together to turn that notion on its head. The…