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Old Wed Jun 1, 2011, 07:49 AM
Marlene Marlene is offline
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Women still menstruating will use up iron. That's why so many are anemic especially if they have heavy periods. Other than that, your body hangs on to iron since it is vital for blood production. So blood loss and chelation are really the only two methods to reduce iron efficiently and quickly. There are some natural chelators that can help but they are not very efficient like desferal or exjade.

Your body regulates the uptake of iron from food base on need unless you have hemchromatosis. Vitamin C will increase absorption and anything with tannins, like tea, will reduce uptake.

So it make sense if you are menstruating and drinking tea with meals, your serum FE will come down.
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