9 diet tips for lowering your iron levels (plus the one thing you’re doing wrong)

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Are you exhausted from searching for recipes that “work” for hemochromatosis? In your attempt to lower your iron levels, you may be scanning food labels and googling ingredients online – it’s easy to start thinking you should “avoid” pretty much everything, leaving you wondering how on earth you’re going to keep this up for years to come. Thankfully, there are solutions – simple tricks help to minimize your intake of iron. Here are nine straightforward, easy-to-understand mealtime tips for anyone with iron overload.

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4 surprising activities to avoid if you have hemochromatosis

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If you’re anything like me, you work hard to educate yourself on hemochromatosis and to “stay on top of it”- you get routine phlebotomies and you regularly test your iron levels. Even with treatment and awareness, controlling your iron levels can feel confusing. When I started learning about hemochromatosis, I stumbled across some info that caught me off guard. I discovered four activities I took part in all the time – potentially unhealthy activities for someone with hemochromatosis that I hadn’t been paying attention to when I should have. Here are four activities you should watch out for when you have hereditary hemochromatosis – they might surprise you.

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