Ron Roy on mon 19 apr 04
Not so unusual - it's called Haemochromatosis - I control it by testing for
feritin in my blood and get blood taken when the levels rise over the
limits.
It is one of the most commonly inherited diseases in NA.
It is very easy to go undiagnosed - so there are plenty of poeple out there
with this who do not know they have it - organ damage will occure if iron
levels get high enough - and it is not repairable.
The point is - if I choose to have an iron skillet that is my choice - I
should know that it will leach iron into food. It is the nature of iron
skillets to leach iron into food - if I have an iron probem I can avoid
them if I choose to.
Do I also have to assume that any pottery I may choose to use will leach
iron - do I have to test all the pottery I use?
Seems to me that is the job of the maker - either make glazes that don't
leach lots of metals into food or warn the user that they do.
There is no logic to your argument Lee - cast iron skillets all suffer from
the same problems - and advantages. Glazes on the other hand come in all
varieties.
RR
PS - the mail I am forwading to you is bouncing by the way -
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Lee said:
>Ron was telling us about
>his unusual personal health condition and relating that to the hazards
>of iron leaching into our glazes. Should we throw all the iron
>skillets out of the kitchen? This is fear-monging. Sorry.
Ron Roy
RR#4
15084 Little Lake Road
Brighton, Ontario
Canada
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Phone: 613-475-9544
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Lee Love on tue 20 apr 04
Ron Roy wrote:
>The point is - if I choose to have an iron skillet that is my choice - I
>should know that it will leach iron into food. It is the nature of iron
>skillets to leach iron into food - if I have an iron probem I can avoid
>them if I choose to.
>
>
Very good, very good. It is better to put shoes on your feet,
than cover the earth with shoe leather. I have a medical condition
too, high blood pressure. It is controlled with medication, but I still
avoid added salt in foods. A little common sense goes a long way.
Lee in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
"When Oribe is Outlawed, only Outlaws will have Oribe."
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