Most affected by: over-sleep and low libido
Advice to others: “Read your food labels.”
Fun fact: “I am staying in a hunting farm in Namibia.”
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11 foods to avoid when you have hemochromatosis
What’s the best diet for hemochromatosis? Unfortunately for anyone with hemochromatosis, a good ol’ standard American diet could steer you toward some dangerous side effects of iron overload, such as diabetes, arthritis, or cancer. Here’s a list of foods that anyone and everyone with hemochromatosis needs to be careful consuming.
Continue readingwhy you can eat all the spinach you want when you have hemochromatosis
Try this easy experiment: Go ask anybody you know what they’d suggest eating for someone who wants more iron in their diet. I can pretty much guarantee that one of the foods they’ll list is “spinach.” But the truth is this: when it comes to spinach, you’ve been lied to. Or at least, you haven’t been given all the facts.
Continue readinghemochromatosis and COVID-19: the basics (part 1 of 4)
For those of us with hemochromatosis, the unknowns of COVID-19 can be nerve-racking. We’re not sure how the infection could potentially affect us. It’s still such a new virus that doctors and researchers haven’t had time to study the relationship between COVID-19 and iron. Here’s the current info on how infections and viruses tend to show up in people with iron overload.
Continue readingtop 6 benefits of green tea for hemochromatosis
Are you a green tea drinker? If you’re not already sipping on this health drink, you’re sure to switch over now! An energizing and mood-boosting beverage, green tea touts some pretty important health benefits for anyone with hereditary hemochromatosis. Here’s what you should know.
Continue readingtop 7 benefits of milk thistle for hemochromatosis
Milk thistle’s not exactly the most common herb at the grocery store, and it’s not an ingredient that you’d see in a typical recipe book. But research shows that milk thistle can be beneficial for hereditary hemochromatosis – it can block and chelate iron. Check it out!
Continue readingtop 6 benefits of vervain for hemochromatosis
A lot of well-known beverage options for hemochromatosis – like coffee, green tea, and black tea – all have caffeine so they’re not great anytime later in the day. I got curious to see what else blocks iron that could be sipped on in the afternoon and evening.
Continue readingthis health trend is actually a-okay if you have hemochromatosis
Hemochromatosis tends to throw a wrench into a lot of health trends that I want to take part in. I stuck my nose into the current research to figure out what nutritionists and doctors are saying about the celery juice fad, like what benefits celery has (if any) and if it’s okay for people with iron overload.
Continue readinghow i got diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis
When I first got diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis, I’d never even heard of it before! I thought – hasn’t everyone been telling me my whole life how important iron is for women? How most women are on the brink of becoming anemic? How can too much iron even be possible?
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