Re: Iron <<<>>> Immunity

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Hi folks:

In the interests of full disclosure, here is another aspect of iron

in nutrition, according to Dr. Mirkin:

" Dear Dr. Mirkin: I feel tired all the time. Will iron pills help?

You should not take iron pills without a specific

diagnosis. Several studies have shown that iron deficiency can be

healthful. Before the bad LDL cholesterol can form plaques in

arteries, it must be converted to oxidized LDL and iron causes

this reaction. Lack of iron reduces your chances of forming

plaques in your arteries and suffering heart attacks and strokes.

Less than 50 percent of the iron in your body is in your

red blood cells. Most iron is in your iron reserves in your liver,

spleen and other tissues. Your body needs iron to make red

blood cells and if your body does not contain enough iron, you

will become anemic, but you will not become anemic until you

have depleted all your iron reserves. You can be iron deficient

but not anemic when you have an adequate supply of red blood

cells, but no iron reserves. Iron deficiency does not make you

tired unless you are also anemic, but it can tire athletes

exercising at their maximum.

Blood iron levels are parts of routine blood tests. If your

blood iron levels are low and you are not anemic, you need a

special test called ferritin to measure iron reserves. If your

ferritin is low, your doctor will look for a source of bleeding such

as heavy menstruation or through your intestinal tract. If no

serious source is found, you need no treatment unless you are a

highly competitive athlete.

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Rodney.

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Hi All,

Vegetarianism is a common form of diet among us,

it seems to me. Veganism occurs less frequently among us,

as it does in the Seventh Day Adventists. Some members come to

mind, but there may be more among our members than

among Seventh Day Adventists than among the general

public?

There is a report that has been discussed regarding

various aspects such as nuts and the relative risk of

ischemic heart disease. Some have included and some

have not the Medline identification number.

Please see in Medline for the abstract:

http://tinyurl.com/5maqt

From this we can see the whole paper in:

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/70/3/532S

There is much in the full paper that is not apparent in

the abstract. For example, see the data on beef consumption

versus ischemic heart disease in Figure 1. In men, the

vegetarians have a clear benefit from not consuming meat.

Surprisingly, there is a not significant negative association

for women vegetarians.

Also, the BMI data of Table 5 should be of interest to our

members, I believe. Caloric intakes are not included,

unfortunately.

Cheers, Alan Pater