The purpose of this review paper is to uncover the effect of iron overload from food, identify various forms of iron in food, the importance of estimating iron intake, types of iron overload and iron bioavailability. To sum up, studies on the effect of iron overload are limited and this study is a topic that should not be overlooked been that most individuals are liable to suffer from hemochromatosis due to lack of information.The research work was partly supported by RFBR grant 18-29-12129mk
