Two Graphs That Indicate Iron Deficiency is A Myth

Living bodies require iron for many things, including oxygen transport, DNA synthesis, and metabolism and detoxification. Iron is so important, in fact, that the body has no method for excreting iron, and even has an iron recycling program that reclaims iron from old red blood cells. Our bodies evolved in …

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Study: Activated Charcoal Taken Before Antibiotics Protects Gut Flora

The following are notes from a study that administered Activated Charcoal two hours BEFORE administration of an antibiotic, and then two additional times each day. By studying fecal samples of patients in the control and experimental group, they were able to show that the activated charcoal product, DAV132, reduced the …

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Science Review: Dietary Iron Changes Gut Microbiome and Promotes Secretion of Cancer-Promoting Molecules

Reference: Liu, C., Gong, J., Zhang, Q., Chen, G., Yin, S., Luo, Z., … He, Z. (2023). Dietary iron modulates gut microbiota and induces SLPI secretion to promote colorectal tumorigenesis. Gut Microbes, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2023.2221978 This study was done in mice. Full text here. This study demonstrates that too much iron in the …

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