Status Updates From Dumping Iron: How to Ditch ...

Iron's been proven to cause, or else to be strongly correlated with, a host of diseases such as multiple types of cancer, Alzheimer's & Parkinson's, both alcoholic & non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, sarcopenia, & overweight & obesity, among others. Iron chelators, which neutralise iron, increase survival rate from various kinds of infection, including life-threatening sepsis.

I first learned of the health benefits of low iron-ferritin levels from Tim Ferriss's '4-Hour Body', but dismissed it due to suspicion of the author. Then, one week ago, David Sinclair mentioned the connection in his new podcast. His authority prompted me to read this book. Reading it made me book an appointment to donate blood the very next day. The evidence that iron levels increase mortality seems very strong.

Every P.D. Mangan book I've read has been compelling, yet I was wary of 'Dumping Iron' due to its focus on one single molecule. I was assured me that Mangan is onto something by David Sinclair's new podcast, in which he asserts that iron is a uniquely powerful driver of cellular ageing. Time to start donating blood.