too much iron

[poppie]

If we are eating all this protein, what about our iron consumption, will it be over the daily allowed? how do we take care of this matter. poppie
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[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: too much iron

Just be sure that your supplements don't have any iron in them.

[2big4mysize]

Re: too much iron

you visit your doctor regularly for normal blood work and it will show if you have tto much iron.

many folk don't absorb iron well from the intestines and can atually be anemic even eating Atkins without that iron in their supplements but your doc will tell you what your need as your needs change.

[pearson]

Re: too much iron

I have low iron and I have to take additonal suppliments. Can't imagine what it would be without the Atkins diet.

[designinme]

Re: too much iron

Stay away from Iron cookware.

[boonie stomper]

Re: too much iron

Was web surfing re. iron metabolism, storage and elimination. From some sources, it would seem that unless you have a rare genetic condition or receive regular blood transfusions, the body absorbs just what it needs; however, if iron overload has occurred it can be eliminated through chelation, as well as bloodletting, and according to one article, sweating. I found this article about dietary chelation:
The IP6 Rice Bran Cleanse Http://www.knowledgeofhealth.com/report.asp?story=The+IP6+Rice+Bran+Cleanse

Anyone tried this?

[Pineapple]

Re: too much iron

Bloodletting? Dear lord, sounds like we've gone back a few hundred years. I take a multivitamin sans iron, but I use fitday too to track how much I'm getting just in case.