In the dark about iron? Iron is the mineral that is involved in hemoglobin which carries oxygen through your blood and into your muscles. When it’s low — even before anemia — your cells make less energy, recovery slows, and everything feels harder than it should. For women and athletes, the risk is higher. We lose iron through sweat, micro-tears in muscle, and menstrual blood — making deficiency one of the most common nutrition gaps worldwide. Tonight’s plate is my way of bringing that back into