SC - it's too quiet!
Marisa Herzog
marisa_herzog at macmail.ucsc.edu
Mon Aug 11 08:30:21 PDT 1997
Mark Schuldenfrei wrote:
>
> Bearing in mind that too much iron can be seriously "bad for you" -- I
> think it causes some kind of heart problems. In fact, of all the
> vitamins and minerals to be found in a typical American home, iron is
> apparently the only one that poses a serious risk of overdose. More so
> for men than for women.
>
> In fact, this appears to be true: when I visited my cardiologist, and
> mentioned that my wife and I were "sharing" her pre-natal vitamins, she
> strongly urged me to use a lower-iron vitamin pill than those aimed at
> "women". Something to do with increased iron causing increased clotting
> factor in men, and the resulting risk of stroke and heart disease.
>
> She did, however, mention that the risk was horribly small, and only of
> interest to some like myself, that already has heart disease.
>
> Of course, I suspect you'd have to eat pounds and pounds of parsley to
> O.D. on iron.
[snip]
Eat that much parsley and you'd O.D. on Vit. A first. 40k units vit. A
per pound.
-- Rudolf
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Rudolf von der Drau and Nicolette Dufay
Baron and Baroness, Stormhold
. . .But our mums know us as
Kelley and Lillian Johnston
woodrose at malvern.starway.net.au
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