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Having high iron stores can increase cancer risk such that those randomized to donate blood experience a dramatic reduction in cancer death rates. Since iron is a double-edged sword, the healthiest iron storage level may be a ferritin of 15 to 50.
Stay tuned for How to Get the Ideal Ferritin Level and Avoid Symptoms of Iron Deficiency (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-get-the-ideal-ferritin-level-and-avoid-symptoms-of-iron-deficiency) and Iron-Deficiency Anemia: The Best Treatment and Are Vegetarians at Higher Risk? (nutritionfacts.org/video/iron-deficiency-anemia-the-best-treatment-and-are-vegetarians-at-higher-risk).
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Having high iron stores can increase cancer risk such that those randomized to donate blood experience a dramatic reduction in cancer death rates. Since iron is a double-edged sword, the healthiest iron storage level may be a ferritin of 15 to 50.
Stay tuned for How to Get the Ideal Ferritin Level and Avoid Symptoms of Iron Deficiency (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-get-the-ideal-ferritin-level-and-avoid-symptoms-of-iron-deficiency) and Iron-Deficiency Anemia: The Best Treatment and Are Vegetarians at Higher Risk? (nutritionfacts.org/video/iron-deficiency-anemia-the-best-treatment-and-are-vegetarians-at-higher-risk).
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Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM
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