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garbanzos / chick peas

24 (9.2%)

black beans

24 (9.2%)

green / brown lentils

24 (9.2%)

red lentils

16 (6.1%)

kidney beans

24 (9.2%)

white kidney beans

20 (7.7%)

soy beans in the form of tofu

23 (8.8%)

soy beans in the form of tempeh

14 (5.4%)

split peas

21 (8%)

peanuts

27 (10.3%)

mung beans

7 (2.7%)

pinto beans

22 (8.4%)

jelly beans

15 (5.7%)

Total Members Voted: 26

[JorgeFabregas]

Iron is a little strange, because one wants enough, but not too much.

[misterqueue]

I want too much, but then I like being described as Metallic, so there's that.

[JorgeFabregas]

Your heart is going to kill you. And once it's finished, it's coming after me.

[miles]

Iron is a little strange, because one wants enough, but not too much.

I once had iron saturation in my blood.  I was re-tested a month or so later, and the levels were normal.  It may have been a mistake originally, or it may have been that I had stopped taking my daily multi-vitamin.  Who knows.  But to this day, I only take Centrum Silver (or the Kirkland Signature brand equivalent).

[AlohaDawg]

I don't understand.

You stopped taking a supplement and had too much iron in your blood? And it subsided without chelation?

Sounds to me like your liver took a break. Or a tech screwed up the test.

[miles]

I think it was a tech screw-up.  In fact that's what they thought too.  But what I meant was that I had stopped taking a multi-vitamin in the time between the first and second blood tests.  First blood test showed too much iron, second test didn't, and to this day part of me worries about ingesting too much iron, as silly as that sounds.

[Mite]

Guys shouldn't get too much iron. I don't remember why though, and I don't feel like researching now. Most mens multivitamins don't contain any iron, so you could look into those if you're set on taking one.

[CortJstr]

Guys shouldn't get too much iron. I don't remember why though, and I don't feel like researching now. Most mens multivitamins don't contain any iron, so you could look into those if you're set on taking one.

I've heard iron increases the risk for heart attack/heart disease or some such. Supposedly it's not an issue for women because they're able to shed iron. That's what I read in Men's Health like 4 years ago, anyway.

[JorgeFabregas]

Your heart is going to kill you. And once it's finished, it's coming after me.

BECAUSE OF IRON

[side_show]

Iron suppliments are very hard on your stomach.  My mom had to take them, she was told to by her doctor for whatever reason, or so she says - it's hard to tell with my mom.  Then she passed out from a bleeding stomach ulcer.  Another doctor told her that one should not take iron suppliments in high doses.  So she decided this meant she needed to stop taking all her perscription psychological meds.  That was more than a year ago, and now she is barely tollerable to be around because she is so out of her head.  Good times.

[AlohaDawg]

because they're able to shed iron.

That's the nicest reference to menstruation I've ever heard.

Some guy wrote this in 1996. I'm not sure what his credentials are. I do know that I've never had a medical professional tell me I should get my iron tested regularly.

Make sure your diet contains anti-oxidants, though, that'll help get rid of stuff like excess iron.