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Raised iron levels linked to reduced life expectancy – Medical Xpress

Having too much iron in the body puts your long term health at risk but it could also take years off your life.

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Having too much iron in the body puts your long term health at risk but it could also take years off your life.
These are the findings of a study using large scale genetic data to assess the impacts across a population of having naturally raised levels of iron, in terms of years of life expectancy.
According to the researchers, the findingswhich help to cut through the noise caused by confounding factors such as age, sex or dietadd to the increasingly complex picture of iron’s role in our hea…

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