Oh Yes! Richard Nikoley's blog post on iron is a great global look at how iron fortification of foods may have effected late 20th & 21st Century America. His take on how the obesity epidemic first appeared within 10 years of the time America INCREASED the amount of iron in fortified foods (in the 80s) is particularly intriguing. The cause/effect smoking gun is missing from this argument (association does not equal causation), but it is rather odd how non-fortified Europe lagged so far behind America's obesity problem. How might iron fortification cause obesity? I don't know, but it's interesting farmers give antibiotics to livestock to increase growth/weight... How do antibiotics effect growth/weight? Do the fires of inflammation increase fuel consumption and hunger?
The Health-e-Iron sites's Iron Resources Library contains another small ocean of studies on how iron effects inflammation, health and longevity.
http://www.healtheir...science-library
And Bill Sardi's "A Unifying Theory of Aging" is also good.
http://www.longevine...of-aging-part1/
http://www.longevine...f-aging-part-2/
http://www.longevine...f-aging-part-3/
http://www.longevine...f-aging-part-4/
Ray Peat rounds out the argument well too! http://raypeat.com/a...n-dangers.shtml
Back to the topic at hand... With no way of excreting iron, save bloodletting, the few supplements documented to help chelate iron are truly a God-Send.
Curcumin... Extremely benign, safe and effective.
Quercetin... The magical stuff in fruits and vegetables everyone knows we should be eating, but few actually consume as a primary dietary component.
IP6... The other magical stuff found in grains & seeds. Another very benign supplement, and at 10 cents/capsule, what a bargin!
The iron issues with aging and disease is getting more and more attention over the last few years. Ray Peat, Joe Mercola, Bill Sardi & Richard Nikoley have gotten the ball rolling. Is there enough momentum to help save humanity from themselves? Time will tell. I thank God there at least are survival strategies for those forced to live in an iron fortified world, & Curcumin is a big part of this.
Edited by synesthesia, 25 December 2016 - 01:20 AM.