Iron

[Guest guest]

I saw the nutrition guru at my surgeon's office last week and asked him

what he though about my iron situation. He told me a very interesting

tidbit - that they don't like to put people on iron supplements unless

their iron is *really* low. The reason is that there was apparently

some studies showing a correlation between high iron and risk for heart

attacks. He considered all of my numbers and told me to hold off for

now. My iron was a little low but my hemoglobin and all the other

relevant numbers were good. He said to try to get a little more red

meat in my diet but to hold off on supplements. Unfortunately, I didn't

ask him where the information came from but I trust this man's expertise

completely due to several in-depth conversations I've had with him. I

just thought I would pass this along because prior to that visit I

thought it would be best to just start supplementing iron and calcium at

least (along with multis) as a preventative measure but having heard

this from him I have reconsidered. I'm realize it's only one source and

may not be the whole story but it's worth throwing out there so those of

you taking iron as a preventative measure can do a little more research

in case it might be dangerous.

RNY 6/4/01

Dr. Wood