Dr. Mercola, also, was saying that too much iron is very bad for us and we need to bleed once in a while to stay healthy. One of the reasons he thinks that women live a longer life than men is that they bleed regularly. Life closer to nature will also present good opportunities to bleed, I suppose.
>> “We are very excited by these findings as they strongly suggest that high levels of iron in the blood reduces our healthy years of life,…”
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