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Medical Forum / General / Alternative / January 2005Iron Supplements KILL
About 12% of the U.S. population has heriditary hemochromatosis, and should not be taking iron supplements. Excess iron causes multiple organ damage, heart disease, and cancer. For more information, go here: http://www.victorherbert.com/hemochrom.htm Iron supplements are the leading cause of accidental poisoning in children under six: http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/296_kid.html http://www.fcs.okstate.edu/cnep/ask/answers/iron.htm http://www.colostate.edu/Orgs/safefood/NEWSLTR/v1n2s05.html >Subject: Iron Supplements KILL >From: Mark Thorson nospam@sonic.net [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >About 12% of the U.S. population has heriditary >hemochromatosis, and should not be taking iron supplements. Simple, have your to iron levels checked. Especially woman for the obvious reason. >Iron supplements are the leading cause of accidental poisoning >in children under six: >http://www.victorherbert.com/hemochrom.htm multiple organ damage Of course Mark isn't concerned that mercury from amalgams do this also. Jan > multiple organ damage > > Of course Mark isn't concerned that mercury from amalgams do this also. > > Jan No, they don't. The amount of mercury released from amalgams is too low to do that. This question has been extensively studied, and no such damage occurs. >About 12% of the U.S. population has heriditary Are you *sure* about this number? I thought it was more like 1%. Hereditary diseases like this rarely exceed one percent of the population. >hemochromatosis, and should not be taking iron >supplements. Excess iron causes multiple organ [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >http://www.fcs.okstate.edu/cnep/ask/answers/iron.htm >http://www.colostate.edu/Orgs/safefood/NEWSLTR/v1n2s05.html Those with hemochromatosis are probably also well-advised to avoid excess vitamin C, which enhances iron absorption. -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT) > >About 12% of the U.S. population has heriditary > > Are you *sure* about this number? I thought it was more > like 1%. Hereditary diseases like this rarely exceed > one percent of the population. Do you have Celtic forefathers? www.emedicine.com/derm/topic878.htm It depends on the population. Some say it maybe as high as 1 in 200 according to the above link. Others say 1.5 to 3 per 1000 here in the States. > >hemochromatosis, and should not be taking iron > >supplements. Excess iron causes multiple organ [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Those with hemochromatosis are probably also well-advised to > avoid excess vitamin C, which enhances iron absorption. Eating whole grain unleaven products might be helpful. Iron fortified foods should labeled as being only for premenopausal females and younger children. And don't forget cast skillets plus acidic foods like tomatoes. > -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net > These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. > "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants > were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT) >> >About 12% of the U.S. population has heriditary >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Do you have Celtic forefathers? A few. >www.emedicine.com/derm/topic878.htm > >It depends on the population. Some say it maybe >as high as 1 in 200 according to the above link. >Others say 1.5 to 3 per 1000 here in the States. Possibly Mark was referring to the frequency of the allele, rather than the frequency of homozygous individuals. The gene for hemochromatosis is an autosomal recessive, so you have to get it from both parents in order to have the disease. -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT) |
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