Iron Overload Illnesses: Thalassemia and Hemochromatosis – Part 7
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#6 – Curcumin Extract Powder –
It turns out that curcumin is a powerful iron chelator.
One of the reasons for this is that it spurs the activity of a special iron-binding and transport protein that’s naturally found in the body called “ferritin” to keep iron away from vulnerable organs and tissues.
This is particularly important given the propensity for iron to settle in our kidneys, liver, and brain, just to name a few.
The other incredible benefit of curcumin’s iron-chelating ability, and while we’re at it, the other iron-binding nutrients that I’m sharing here with you, is that in the process of unburdening the cells of excess iron…
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