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Because it is difficult to excrete iron once it is in the body, iron balance is maintained primarily through absorption. The iron storage protein captures iron from food and stores it in the mucosal cells of the small intestine. When the body needs iron, the storage protein releases some iron to an iron transport protein called . If the body does not need iron, the dietary iron is carried out when the intestinal cells are shed (every 3 to 5 days) and excreted in the feces.

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