Ironjustic
Mon, Jan-23-06, 06:15
I guess what this shows .. clearly .. is a diet low in iron ..
RESTRICTED .. iron .. one quarter of what .. 'they' ..
recommend and fortify our foods to MAXIMIZE .. is .. GOOD ..
'Their' recommended diet leads to increased hookworm
developement .. as evidenced BY the DECREASE of hookworm
developement in those on what 'they' consider to be .. iron
RESTRICTION ..
This is a low iron diet designed to lower iron levels in
hepatitis patients.
http://tinyurl.com/dppft
The dietary allowance for Fe, as recommended by the Indian
Council of Medical Research is about 28 mg/d for males and
about 30 mg/d for females (Gopalan et al. 1989). In our
specially formulated diet, we decreased the Fe content of the
diet to about 6=B77 mg/d, without compromising the energy and
protein content of the diet. This diet was primarily
rice-based with casein as the main protein source. It
contained the daily allowances for all food groups except for
pulses and meat.
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The result was very good.
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This study shows the restriction of iron TO the point above ..
what they consider to be .. iron RESTRICTION the same as above
.. leads to DECREASED hookworm developement.
So logic would tell us the fortification of our foods to
achieve / or the recommended daily allowance of iron should be
.. lowered ..
To one quarter of what they are recommending .. now ..
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Infected animals from the intermediate-dietary iron (40- and
100-ppm) groups exhibited greater weight loss and anemia than
those in the low (10-ppm)-
<<snip>> severe dietary iron restriction impairs hookworm
development <<snip>>
1: Infect Immun. 2006 Jan;74(1):289-95. Related
Articles, Links
Dietary iron content mediates hookworm pathogenesis in vivo.
Held MR, Bungiro RD, Harrison LM, Hamza I, Cappello M.
Program in International Child Health, Department of
Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
06520. michael.cappe...@yale.edu.
Hookworm infection is associated with growth delay and iron
deficiency anemia in developing countries. A series of
experiments were designed in order to test the hypothesis that
host dietary iron restriction mediates susceptibility to
hookworm infection using the hamster model of Ancylostoma
ceylanicum. Animals were maintained on diets containing either
10 ppm iron (iron restricted) or 200 ppm iron (standard/high
iron), followed by infection with A. ceylanicum third-stage
larvae. Infected animals fed the standard diet exhibited
statistically significant growth delay and reduced blood
hemoglobin levels compared to uninfected controls on day 20
postinfection. In contrast, no statistically significant
differences in weight or hemoglobin concentration were
observed between infected and uninfected animals fed
the iron-restricted diet. Moreover, iron-restricted animals
were observed to have reduced intestinal worm burdens on day
10 and day 20 postinfection compared to those of animals
maintained on the standard/high-iron diet. In a subsequent
study, animals equilibrated on
diets containing a range of iron levels (10 ppm, 40 ppm, 100
ppm, or 200 ppm) were infected with A. ceylanicum and followed
for evidence of hookworm disease. Infected animals from the
intermediate-dietary iron (40- and 100-ppm) groups exhibited
greater weight loss and anemia than those in the low (10-ppm)-
or high (200-ppm)-iron diet groups. Mortality was also
significantly higher in the intermediate-dietary-iron groups.
These data suggest that severe dietary iron restriction
impairs hookworm development in vivo but that moderate iron
restriction enhances host susceptibility to severe disease.
PMID: 16368983 [PubMed - in process]
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Who loves ya. Tom
Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com
Man Is A Herbivore!
http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore
DEAD PEOPLE WALKING
http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking
RESTRICTED .. iron .. one quarter of what .. 'they' ..
recommend and fortify our foods to MAXIMIZE .. is .. GOOD ..
'Their' recommended diet leads to increased hookworm
developement .. as evidenced BY the DECREASE of hookworm
developement in those on what 'they' consider to be .. iron
RESTRICTION ..
This is a low iron diet designed to lower iron levels in
hepatitis patients.
http://tinyurl.com/dppft
The dietary allowance for Fe, as recommended by the Indian
Council of Medical Research is about 28 mg/d for males and
about 30 mg/d for females (Gopalan et al. 1989). In our
specially formulated diet, we decreased the Fe content of the
diet to about 6=B77 mg/d, without compromising the energy and
protein content of the diet. This diet was primarily
rice-based with casein as the main protein source. It
contained the daily allowances for all food groups except for
pulses and meat.
--------------------------------------------------------------
---
The result was very good.
--------------------------------------------------------------
---
This study shows the restriction of iron TO the point above ..
what they consider to be .. iron RESTRICTION the same as above
.. leads to DECREASED hookworm developement.
So logic would tell us the fortification of our foods to
achieve / or the recommended daily allowance of iron should be
.. lowered ..
To one quarter of what they are recommending .. now ..
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------=
----------------------------------
Infected animals from the intermediate-dietary iron (40- and
100-ppm) groups exhibited greater weight loss and anemia than
those in the low (10-ppm)-
<<snip>> severe dietary iron restriction impairs hookworm
development <<snip>>
1: Infect Immun. 2006 Jan;74(1):289-95. Related
Articles, Links
Dietary iron content mediates hookworm pathogenesis in vivo.
Held MR, Bungiro RD, Harrison LM, Hamza I, Cappello M.
Program in International Child Health, Department of
Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
06520. michael.cappe...@yale.edu.
Hookworm infection is associated with growth delay and iron
deficiency anemia in developing countries. A series of
experiments were designed in order to test the hypothesis that
host dietary iron restriction mediates susceptibility to
hookworm infection using the hamster model of Ancylostoma
ceylanicum. Animals were maintained on diets containing either
10 ppm iron (iron restricted) or 200 ppm iron (standard/high
iron), followed by infection with A. ceylanicum third-stage
larvae. Infected animals fed the standard diet exhibited
statistically significant growth delay and reduced blood
hemoglobin levels compared to uninfected controls on day 20
postinfection. In contrast, no statistically significant
differences in weight or hemoglobin concentration were
observed between infected and uninfected animals fed
the iron-restricted diet. Moreover, iron-restricted animals
were observed to have reduced intestinal worm burdens on day
10 and day 20 postinfection compared to those of animals
maintained on the standard/high-iron diet. In a subsequent
study, animals equilibrated on
diets containing a range of iron levels (10 ppm, 40 ppm, 100
ppm, or 200 ppm) were infected with A. ceylanicum and followed
for evidence of hookworm disease. Infected animals from the
intermediate-dietary iron (40- and 100-ppm) groups exhibited
greater weight loss and anemia than those in the low (10-ppm)-
or high (200-ppm)-iron diet groups. Mortality was also
significantly higher in the intermediate-dietary-iron groups.
These data suggest that severe dietary iron restriction
impairs hookworm development in vivo but that moderate iron
restriction enhances host susceptibility to severe disease.
PMID: 16368983 [PubMed - in process]
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--------------= =AD-----
Who loves ya. Tom
Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com
Man Is A Herbivore!
http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore
DEAD PEOPLE WALKING
http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking