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Dr. Mercola helping you take control of your health and today we were here at Dr.

Christie Sutton who is going to be exploring some of the dangers of excessive iron because

we're commonly taught and told that iron is

really important. It is it is absolutely important especially if you're a child

young adults frequently you're going to need this and if you don't get it, you're not going to be able to provide a essential nutrient to form in your red blood cells and certain proteins in your mitochondria which are responsible

of producing energy. So it is important but when in excess it could cause

actually quite significant damage. So I understand Kristi you have your husband had a genetic anomaly that

awesome to have excess iron and that was what captured your interest in it and you've been studying so why don't you start your

journey from that and because it's a big practice of a big part of your practice at this point is

that correct? Yes yes so well my interest in iron definitely has been lifelong not just because of my husband

but because personally I have struggled with low iron because...

Oh, you got both ends of the spectrum.

Right.

And so I have Crohn's Celiac, lost part of my small intestine due to Crohn's when I was 16 and then because of that I have to take a

bioc sequestrant. So for me I've all and then being you know menstruating female

has had a child

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