1 out of every 200 people has a genetic version of iron overload.
Many other folks earn their iron overload by not knowing how to eat iron-rich foods in balance and “in time.”
Solar Nutrition uses time-appropriate food combinations to “tame” iron with time-corresponding Growth Zone-harmonious calcium, phosphate, tannins, oxalates, phytic acids, phytoferritin, etc. in three Growth Zones.
Iron- and calcium-blocking oxalate foods include …
(Zone 1) coffee, cocoa, chocolate, coconut, most nuts, kiwifruit;
(Zone 2) whole grains, legumes, soy, cooked spinach, kale, parsley, rhubarb, most berries, black tea, chamomile; and
(Zone 3) eggs, peanuts, beets, agave, aloe vera, damiana, etc.
A vitamin C “purge” helps, but it’s RISKY for those who don’t understand exactly how and why it works.
Most folks who don’t know how to “tame” iron with food and herbs donate blood to counteract iron overload.
Iron overload is directly related to cirrhosis of the liver and primary liver cancer.
It’s also a cause of diabetes (pancreatic islet cell failure) and arthritis (iron in the joints).
Parasites – including viruses and bacteria – relish iron too.
It often lowers blood pressure in overweight people.
Bloodletting was used in ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, and Egypt.
Rakta Moksha (bloodletting) was also extensively used in Ayurvedic Medicine.
The genetic screening tests for hereditary hemochromatosis are of little value (according to the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, 2006).
Hemosiderosis is a form of secondary hemochromatosis.
It’s caused by diet, iron supplements, cast-iron pots, excessive blood transfusions, etc., not by heredity as in the case of hemochromatosis.
Hemosiderosis causes iron to accumulate in the cell, while hemochromatosis causes iron to accumulate in both the cell and interstitial tissues.
(Both these words are unfortunately often used as synonyms although they refer to separate conditions.)
I met a man who earned his hemosiderosis by eating too many canned black olives.
Canned olives are usually artificially dyed with either ferrous gluconate, ferrous fumerate, or ferrous sulfate.
Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) cautioned …
“Hemosiderosis is from meat and alcohol consumption at the wrong time, causing potassium to be out of balance.”
Full-term infants need no iron supplementation. Mother’s milk is virtually iron-free because iron supports bacterial infections in a baby’s intestines.
'The Iron Paradox: Too Much Of A Good Thing' have 5 comments
December 17, 2012 @ 4:12 am atomb
Rodney A. Rhoades & David R. Bell (Medical Physiology: Principles for Clinical Medicine, Fourth Edition, 2012) wrote …
“Iron toxicity occurs when the amount of circulating iron exceeds the amount of transferrin available to bind it. Toxicity arises with iron that is not bound, existing as free iron within the cell, where it can catalyze the conversion of hydrogen peroxide into free radicals. These free radicals cause cell damage to the heart, liver, and kidney as well as other metabolic organs.”
December 17, 2012 @ 10:38 am lucy
Hi Atom !!!
Do you recommend ceramic pots ? and no cast-iron pots?
And,what do you think about agave (zone 3) ?
Hugs as kisses,
Lucyane – Lucy <3 :0
December 17, 2012 @ 6:00 pm atomb
Ceramic is usually OK.
Stainless steel too.
I prefer Pyrex glass pots, but cheaper versions of Pyrex are being manufactured and they explode. :(
December 4, 2020 @ 10:28 am James
Are there any other subtle signs of iron starting to be overloaded before a manifestation of visible disease?
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December 4, 2020 @ 8:57 pm Atom
Examples are fatigue, pain, weight loss, and a variety of lung symptoms (wheezing, shortness of breath, etc.)
By the way …
We age by rusting, browning, and ammoniating. RUSTING is caused by free radical reaction species and reactive iron species. Iron converts hydrogen peroxide into a rampaging, DNA-destroying hydroxyl radical. Isaac Asimov (The Chemicals of Life, 1954) wrote, “In addition to heat and light, there are other ways of hastening hydrogen peroxide breakdown. Some iron filings added to hydrogen peroxide will cause oxygen to come out of the molecules so fast you can actually see bubbling. […] Why should this be? The iron doesn’t appear to be doing anything. It isn’t changed in any way as a result of its experience. After the hydrogen peroxide is all broken down, the liquid can be poured off, and the iron filings can be used to decompose more of the chemical. It can be used for as many bottles as you wish.”