Iron from animal sources tends to ACCUMULATE

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doe - 10 Aug 2004 08:17 GMT

Plant irons are most beneficial to the body because their absorption remains
safely regulated, whereas iron from animal sources tends to accumulate to
levels which increase free radical activity contributing to heart disease,
cancer, and the aging process.
--Presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society by
Tung-Ching Lee, a food scientist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.,
April 2000. reprinted from Good Medicine, PCRM, August 2000

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Gordo Mondragon - 10 Aug 2004 10:55 GMT

> Plant irons are most beneficial to the body because their absorption remains
> safely regulated, whereas iron from animal sources tends to accumulate to
> levels which increase free radical activity contributing to heart disease,
> cancer, and the aging process.

Can you explain more how the absorption rate of plant irons relates to
why animal irons accumulate?

> --Presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society by
> Tung-Ching Lee, a food scientist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.,
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doe - 10 Aug 2004 15:05 GMT

>Subject: Re: Iron from animal sources tends to ACCUMULATE
>From: Gordo Mondragon ga_mondragon@yahoo.com
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>Can you explain more how the absorption rate of plant irons relates to
>why animal irons accumulate?

????

Iron from plant sources do NOT have ANY 'effect' .. ON .. the absorption 'rate'
.. of meat / animal / heme-iron ..

Meat / heme-iron is absorbed at 16% or so ALL THE TIME whereas the iron from
plants is downregulated when one has enough iron on board ..

The body only absorbs 4 - 8 % of the iron from plants and up TO .. 80% .. if ..
need .. be ..

>> --Presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society by
>> Tung-Ching Lee, a food scientist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick,
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>> Who loves ya.
>> Tom

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