Iron
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When you think of causes of high blood sugar what does your mind turn to?
Is it
A high processed carb, low fibre diet?
Stress?
Hanging on to a bit of extra weight?
All of these things can definitely contribute to high blood sugar. But what if I told you that so could excess iron? Are you shocked? Hopefully it didn’t shock you to the point of stress, because that would raise your blood sugar haha!
Often we hear about how problematic iron deficiency is, but rarely do we hear about the negative effect of iron overload. Some of the symptoms of iron overload even match the symptoms of iron deficiency, like fatigue, depression and low libido.
Most of the time, donating blood (or blood letting) is for the recipient. But for those with iron overload, whether that be caused by hemochromatosis or not, it can also be for the donor.
Donating blood is perhaps THE quickest, most effective and cheapest way to lower excess iron.