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The Science of the Carnivore Diet with Dr. Shawn Baker

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The Effects of Carnivores on Iron Levels

"I absorbed too much iron. So would it be a bad idea to go full on carnivore? That's a good question because we have this concern about iron toxicity and iron over the list," he says. Iron balances handle through the absorption side of things with the antarasecta, the self-lining the gut. The other thing is iron levels are also associated with inflammation. When you're inflamed, perhaps if your gut is not functioning well, you end up becoming more iron. We almost always see these issues resolved when you fix the insulin, the inflammation, maybe the gut and that gets better.

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