My husband had a heart attack...... : Cholesterol, Heart Disease Forum : Active Low-Carber Forums

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Sun, Nov-05-06, 17:04

LarryAJ

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bridabunny

He has never had high blood pressure, but funny thing about the iron thing, he used to give blood on a regualr basis. And they say that in men this keeps the iron level down. Well we have been cruising to out of the way places and because of some of the stops he could not give blood for about 2 years, now I wonder.

Maybe it is time to reread the PPLP chapter, The Modern Iron Age.

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Sun, Nov-05-06, 21:32

kaypeeoh

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Originally Posted by bridabunny

There was a survey of blood donators that found those who donated blood regularly had significantly less cardiac disease than non-donators. The researchers suggest it's due to lowered iron levels.

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Sun, Nov-05-06, 22:02

2bthinner! 2bthinner! is offline

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Does your husband like tea? The doctor told me tea inhibits iron absorption, so I wasn't to drink tea when I was taking my iron supplement.. So, if he drank tea with his meals, maybe it would inhibit that for him..