Sentences with phrase «excess iron levels»

Iron can be a very potent oxidative stress, so if you have excess iron levels you can damage your blood vessels and increase your risk of heart disease.

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Serum ferritin levels — excess iron can damage the inner lining of the blood vessels creating massive amounts of free radicals.

There are even rare cases of long - term exposure to excess levels of iron being linked to poisoning of the major organs and certain cancers, cirrhosis of the liver, and incidences of heart attacks.

Several studies show that subjects given high levels of whole wheat at first excrete more calcium than they take in, but after several weeks on this diet, they reach a balance and do not excrete excess calcium.11 However, no studies of this phenomenon have been carried out over a long period; nor have researchers looked at whether human beings can adjust to the phytate - reducing effects of other important minerals, such as iron, magnesium and zinc.

Aging brains in the elderly are also four times more sensitive due to excess free iron levels in the body which increase free radical levels even more.

In such a case, had the hematologist monitored the iron levels throughout the woman's treatment, the excess iron would not have been administered.