In article >,
"Joe Cilinceon" > wrote:

> ~xy~ wrote:
> >> CI practically has a "cult" following...... <lol>
> >> There is a good reason for that tho'.
> >
> > I was once told by an older physician that before the 1960's, he
> > rarely, if ever saw anaemia in women because 'back then' people used
> > cast iron daily. In the late 50's and onward there was a major shift
> > to stainless steel, aluminum, and Teflon... Then he started seeing a
> > very noticeable increase in anaemic women...
> >
> > ~R~
>
> You know my grandmother, well up into her late 60's ate red meat her whole
> life. A doctor told her she had suddenly gotten high blood pressure that was
> due to her diet. She took his advise and quit eating red meat and went on a
> low colestrol diet of no eggs, chicken, turkey, fish etc. She quickly
> became anaemic for the first time in her life and stayed that way until she
> died in her late 70's. Oh and her high blood pressure never really improved,
> according to doctors though it never seemed to bother her. She died in her
> just before her 80th birthday while under surgery having a toe removed.

Wow. I did not see this before my last post. :-)

I don't have high blood pressure.......
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