Re: *Possible Junk Mail* Re: Re: OT: Blood Transfusion Reaction

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- Since dairy products contain lactoferrin, milk also inhibits the absorption of iron.This is what I'm confused about. I thought there was just recently a discussion on supplementing lactoferrin, and how it could be really GOOD for iro! n deficient anemia BECAUSE it binds iron, and helps absorption. For instance, this website I just found talks about how lactoferrin is supposed to help iron absorption by binding to the iron and taking it where it needs to go: http://www.healthyfellow.com/309/lactoferrin-and-anemia/Am I missing something?Yeah - the fact that not all of this is well understood. And sometimesthere is no consensus on how stuff works. Mara

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On further consideration - I would follow Seth's advice - he's a biochemist, I believe. And his advice was that lactoferrin bounds to the iron so thatit would not feed the bacteria. So keep on eating your smoothieswith yogurt Alyssa. Mara- Since dairy products contain lactoferrin, milk also inhibits the absorption of iron.This is what I'm confused about. I thought there was just recently a discussion on supplementing lactoferrin, and how it could be really GOOD for iro! n deficient anemia BECAUSE it binds iron, and helps absorption. For instance, this website I just found talks about how lactoferrin is supposed to help iron absorption by binding to the iron and taking it where it needs to go: http://www.healthyfellow.com/309/lactoferrin-and-anemia/Am I missing something?Yeah - the fact that not all of this is well understood. And sometimesthere is no consensus on how stuff works. Mara

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So keep on eating your smoothieswith yogurt Alyssa. Lol I was going to anyways, no worries =) But thanks! Cheers!Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 22.5 mg 1x per day