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Can low iron and vitamin d cause a person to be sick?

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Yes.: Both are essential nutrients and do more than protect bones (d), and help make hemoglobin (iron) to prevent anemia. You can be sick in many ways with deficiency of these two nutrients!

Answered 7/18/2018

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