Does high-fat diet remove excess iron from body?

[Guest guest]

Hi, Bee. Back in the fall I mentioned that I have a slightly high

serum-ferritin level, which supposedly indicates the amount of iron stored in

tissues.

According to the book " The Protein Power Lifeplan " and the Iron Disorders

Institute, the only ways to reduce iron levels are giving blood and undergoing

chelation therapy.

I haven't done either.

By the way, if curious, see the following article from the Iron Disorders

Institute about treating iron overload:

http://www.irondisorders.org/therapies-to-correct-iron-out-of-balance

QUESTION: Will your plan -- especially the high good fats -- remove excess iron

from the body?

Thanks, Bee!

Andy

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi, Bee. Back in the fall I mentioned that I have a slightly high

serum-ferritin level, which supposedly indicates the amount of iron stored in

tissues.

>

> According to the book " The Protein Power Lifeplan " and the Iron Disorders

Institute, the only ways to reduce iron levels are giving blood and undergoing

chelation therapy.

>

> I haven't done either.

>

> By the way, if curious, see the following article from the Iron Disorders

Institute about treating iron overload:

> http://www.irondisorders.org/therapies-to-correct-iron-out-of-balance

>

> QUESTION: Will your plan -- especially the high good fats -- remove excess

iron from the body?

+++Hi Andy,

Iron is an important mineral in the body, so it is not a heavy metal that is

toxic, like mercury or lead.

When they test nutrients in the blood, they only use vein blood, which is

totally inaccurate and doesn't reflect what is going on at a cellular level.

Therefore no one should rely on blood tests for levels of hormones, nutrients,

etc.

Your circulatory system, also known as the cardiovascular system, is the system

that, in humans and other higher animals, delivers oxygen, hormones and

nutrients throughout the body by a complex network of vessels, and it carries

carbon dioxide and waste products from the cells to organs that get rid of them,

which are mainly through the lungs, liver, skin, and kidneys.

There are two main types of vessels in the circulatory system:

1) The arteries

2) The veins

Arteries contain oxygen from the lungs, nutrients from the digestive system, and

hormones, which they circulate to every cell throughout the body. The cells

uptake the oxygen, nutrients, and hormones, from artery blood, and dump their

waste products into the system along with carbon dioxide (expelled through the

lungs), which are carried away by the veins.

Veins carry deoxygenated blood (carbon dioxide), waste products from the cells,

and any nutrients or hormones the cells didn't need and/ or couldn't uptake

(usually due to lack of other nutrients), back to the lungs so the carbon

dioxide can be released along with any other

waste products the lungs get rid of, and it circulates to other organs that get

rid of other kinds of waste like the liver, skin, kidneys, etc.

Blood tests are taken from the veins, which contains nutrients and hormones the

cells were not able to use, mainly because of a lack of other nutrients, or

maybe because the cell membranes were stiff so they couldn't uptake them like

they should.

Therefore, blood from the veins mainly contain carbon dioxide, waste products

from the cells, and hormones and nutrients the cells didn't need and/or couldn't

uptake.

All cell membranes must be constructed out of 50% saturated fat (lung cell

membranes need 100%) in order to be healthy. If they aren't constructed properly

the cells become weak and are less able to intake nutrients, hormones, etc. and

they won't have the energy they need to get rid of their waste products.

Also toxins make cell membranes rigid/stiff so the cells are less able to uptake

nutrients, hormones, oxygen, water, etc.

In conclusion, testing your blood for hormones, and nutrients like Vitamin D,

iron, calcium, B12, etc. is futile and meaningless since hormones and nutrients

in veins only indicate what the cells did not uptake, could not uptake, did not

need or could not use at a given time.

That is why it is important to stick to the basics, by following the diet and

only taking the supplements recommended. " More is not better. " All of the

nutrients on this program work together, and in order for iron to be utilized in

the body it need B12, a combination of fats and oils, other minerals, along with

protein, etc.

If you give your body what it needs, it is smart enough to balance out all of

its nutrient levels, hormones, etc. I always say " God didn't make any stupid

bodies " and Nature gets it right!

All the best, Bee