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:eek4: That's one messed up sentence, in terms of grammar, if it means what you and I think it means. I haven't heard that to be honest. And can't see why it'd be true. But what did I ever know?
Reply 2
Too much iron in the blood is called iron overload and is dangerous.

http://www.ironoverload.org/
Reply 3
Too much of ANYTHING is bad. Even water. You can literally drown your cells.
Reply 4
Technically speaking oxygen is actually dangerous for the body.
An overload of iron in the blood is called hemochromatosis, and can be fatal if it's not diagnosed. Basically what it does is rusts out your organs. It's more common in Europeans and is caused by a hereditary gene, so it's good to know if it runs in your family or not. It's referred to as the "Bronze Killer" because it has a tendancy to turn a person a bronzy tanned colour, weird eh? Anyway, if it's diagnosed it can easily be treated by having blood drawn (phlebotomies or something, I can't remember if that's the correct word for it) depending on just how high your levels are. Some people have to have them weekly, some monthly, etc.
I don't know if people are routinely checked for this in Europe, it's not really something that a lot of people know about, but if it runs in your family it's good to get everyone DNA tested to find out if they're a carrier or if they have the disease because if it turns non-dormant, you'll have to do something to control it. Also, then you can pass the information down to the next person so their doctor can be on the lookout for it showing up.


Edit - Sorry, I didn't click on the link a few posts above me. Everything is explained there. Carry on!
Wow, I will live to 90 if they're correct! :biggrin:
Reply 7
What a load of crap.
Reply 8
Too much iron will make you magnetic.
Reply 9
markkey
Too much iron in the blood is called iron overload and is dangerous.

http://www.ironoverload.org/


Yeah, can't it give you blood clots or something? I remember being told not to overdose on my iron tablets for a reason like that. I'm vegetarian so I get next to no iron in my diet & was supposed to be taking iron tablets, but my mother decided I didn't need them anymore and stopped me getting a repeat prescription about 4 years ago, so it's her fault if I get iron deficiency anaemia like my doctor said I was heading for. Does anyone else get annoyed with relatives who work in hospitals, though have no medical qualifications, thinking they're an authority on treatment+diagnosis? (She's a medical secretary)

Ok, this was an angry post.

I took the quiz and it told me I could potentially live to 84, but I wouldn't want to do that; and who actually wants to live to 100? Also, does anyone without some kind of illness go for yearly medical check ups? Or medical check ups ever? I don't think I've had anything like that since I was a baby, probably. I'd just feel like I was wasting their time if I said I wanted a check up.

Don't feel any pressure to get married with regard to improving your chances of living to 100.


Haha. What a ridiculous thing to do! There's a more amusing one of these on thespark.com, or there used to be, I did it ages ago.

Less meat in the diet is conducive to less heart disease and risk for heart attack and stroke.


Yeah!
Reply 10
Perhaps your grandparents are alive and are heading in the direction of age 98 and older.. that is great! But you can't get credit fot this till they get there... so cheer them on!


What? Encourage them to rush towards death?