SC - Parsley

[KandL Johnston]

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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