How does one measure their iron? Do you have to go to the doctor to get it done?
Marshall "M. G. Devour" wrote: > Marshal, > > Thanks for the link. Confirms there's not a really good iron chelator > known yet. > > Carol Ann, > > Totally independent of hemochromatosis, I've read that most males and > post menopausal women will tend to accumulate unhealthly levels of iron > in their tissues because of the indiscriminate use of iron supplements > in wheat flour and other foodstuffs in our conventional diets, and the > fact that our bodies have virtually no mechanism for eliminating iron > except bleeding. > > Blood ferritin levels are an indirect measure of the total burden of > stored iron in our tissues. Back when I made my first efforts at carb > restriction, about 2001-2, I also began a program of regular blood > donations. I brought my measured ferritin levels down from almost 4 > times what is considered healthy to about twice "normal" over a period > of half a year or so, based on my last blood tests from that period. > > It is the stored iron that becomes free radicals when tissues are > traumatized, that does the greater part of the damage in heart attacks, > for example. There are also supposed to be a laundry list of other > symptoms of iron overload, which I haven't looked into closely. > > I may be misinformed, but as far as I know iron overload is not limited > to people with hemochromatosis. > > Be well, > > Mike D. > > > Mike, > > > > "Most" men and women who donate blood for the reasons you mention do not > > have : Haemochromatosis, also spelled hemochromatosis, is a hereditary > > disease characterized by improper processing by the body of dietary iron > > which causes iron to accumulate in a number of body tissues, eventually > > causing organ dysfunction. It is the main iron overload disorder. > > > > As to the origination and continued practice of "blood letting" see > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting > > > > Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> wrote: Article on iron > > chelation: > > > > http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu/chelators.html > > > > Marshall > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [[email protected] ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
