Ironing Out Appendicitis

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Ironing Out Appendicitis

Tom Hennessy says:

January 21, 2011 at 9:53 AM

Another theory as to the reason for an appendix is it refers to the time when man was exclusively a herbivore. Dr. Jerome Sullivan
'noticed' during his studies of iron overload that the loss of the appendix COMMONLY was found in those with iron excess. It is kind of a 'canary in the coalmine' which tells a person there is too much iron in the body.

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- Apendicitis doesn't necessarily attack those with high amounts of iron.
  
  Maria Hernandez says:
  
  March 10, 2013 at 10:33 PM
  
  Apendicitis doesn't necessarily attack those with high amounts of iron. Every time that I would try to donate blood my iron was extremely low, and I still suffered from Apendicitis.
  
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