Posted by Jaynee on April 23, 2002, at 13:37:39
In reply to Re: iron and lack of response, posted by jonh kimble on April 22, 2002, at 23:08:10
Hi John. Most men do not need extra iron. In fact extra iron causes all kinds of problems. The fact that they fortify everything with iron doesn't help either. Look up extra iron on PUBMED. Unless your doctor has checked your ferritin and transferrin saturation to prove you are anemic, stop taking iron. I have hemochromatosis, I absorb too much iron from my diet. It is the most common hereditary disorder in North America and Northern Europe. It is also mis-diagnosed 90% of the time. Of course depression is one of those mis-diagnoses.
Check-out these sites for more info. If you haven't been tested, I would get tested. The treatment is easy. Just donate and unload alot of blood.
http://www.cdnhemochromatosis.ca
PUBMED site:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
Good luck, and if I can answer any more questions, just let me know.
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