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2004-04-19 09:47:21 PM
When iron is supplemented the cognitive performance inproves:
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-04/foas-mid040404.php
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Ever heard of "Hemochromatosis" in men?
No man should take iron unless the levels are tested first. Otherwise
... Bring back bloodletting! <or leeches>
digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hemochromatosis/index.htm
If the disease is not detected early and treated, iron may accumulate
in body tissues and may eventually lead to serious problems such as
a.. arthritis
b.. liver disease, including an enlarged liver, cirrhosis, cancer,
and liver failure
c.. damage to the pancreas, possibly causing diabetes
d.. heart abnormalities, such as irregular heart rhythms or
congestive heart failure
e.. impotence
f.. early menopause
g.. abnormal pigmentation of the skin, making it look gray or bronze
h.. thyroid deficiency
i.. damage to the adrenal gland
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<markd@toad-net.com>wrote in message

Tom, is that you? As the research was with those who were measured for
iron stores and found low, you concern is ill founded. One can,
and I did, post the equally long list of problems that go with low iron.
The page to which you direct us is for those whave a genetic disease which
causes iron to be stored in abnormally high levels. Leaches are back,
used to remove excess blood in reattached limbs etc. where full blood flow
is not yet reestablished.

med nutrition
Physiological impacts of diet

No, I'm not Tom. I'm a cautious researcher.
Note that the research tested for low iron levels first. People need
to be cautioned to do this.
Hemochromotosis (call it iron overload if you wish) is not necessarily
a genetic disease. Males are much more susceptible to this problem,
since they don't have the natural blood replacement experienced in
females. If you give blood every other week, then it isn't a problem.
It just doesn't make sense to arbitrarily take iron without knowing
the condition of the individual first. Reading your posts, I get the
impression that you are trying to sell us on iron supplementation.
Yes, an individual with low iron should use supplementation. But you
will only know that by testing first.
GT
<markd@toad-net.com>wrote in message

I have done a bit of reading on the disorder and have never seen it
described other then a genetic disorder. I don't advocate iron
supplements unless a medical sort has found by test there is some reason
to do so, which can as easily be made up by eating liver etc. just as
readily. I don't agree that there is so much iron overload as to make a
practice, again without the guidence of a medical sort, as a routine thing
one does when the spirit moves; by bloodletting. Is that you Tom? I did
a mini tutural on iron status, it's disorders, symptoms of same, causes of
same, and treatment of same a couple of weeks ago. It covered the entire
range of info on the topic from anemic to overload. If you ain't Tom, in
which case you know full well why the original was posted, most often I
post iron related info as a counter balance to one who does so compulsivly
in support of a home grown theory about iron and disease and diet and
other bits and pieces of an interesting but otherwise toss away notion.

Whatever...
Do your thing.
<markd@toad-net.com>wrote in message
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