Iron Disorders: The Importance of Checking Your Iron … – Dr. Mercola https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/…/iron-overload-disorder.aspx Jun 12, 2016 – My dad has beta–thalassemia and he gave me the gene, which is a form of hemolytic anemia (similar to sickle cell anemia). As a result of that, my red blood cells die faster than normal, and I’m prone to excess iron.Continue reading “Iron disorders , Vit B12, toxic drugs, and donating blood”
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Healthy red blood cells for oxygen delivery, preventing heart failure
Oxygen delivery is facilitated by healthy red blood cells made every 120 days The following helps in ensuring healthy red blood cells: Exercise De-stress , avoiding too much stress Avoidance of alcohol Avoidance of toxic medications/drugs Carotenoids Whole foods rich in iron, copper, Vitamin B complex (all Bs), Vitamin C, Vitamin D, folate Erythropoietin, also knownContinue reading “Healthy red blood cells for oxygen delivery, preventing heart failure”
Stomach cells replace every 2-9 days
How can the replacement rates of the cells in various tissues in our body be measured? For rapidly renewing tissues common labeling tricks can be useful as with the nucleotide analog BrdU. But what about the very slow tissues that take years or a lifetime? In a fascinating example of scientific serendipity, Cold War nuclearContinue reading “Stomach cells replace every 2-9 days”