Wheat Grass and Oriental Medicine
★★★★★
After doing a LOT of research, I found that Wheat Grass is an iron chelator. So I began making a smoothie every morning with 1-2 scoops of organic Wheat Grass juice powder and a pea protein smoothie mix. And the numbers began coming down. Added to that, I began treatments 2-3 times a month with an acupuncturist who added two formulas she had discovered work well for this disorder... 1) Tao Hong Si Wu Tang and 2) Zuo Gui Wan. The wheatgrass plus the herbs... led to my numbers coming down over a 3-4 month period... to close to 300 (from 1800! ). And in the last six months, I have been in "normal" zone. And feel great!
And after lots of research, I disagree about no vit "C". Just don't take it within 3 hours of eating, so it doesn't add to the iron uptake from the food you eat. So I take mine before I go to bed, along with Magnesium and D3. Also take methyl B vitamins in the morning to support the liver.
(Birmingham, UK)
12/14/2021
Thanks for sharing this success story - I also have hemochromatosis, I've been giving blood for 2 years and specialist wants me to keep ferritin below 50. I have avoided gluten for a few years because of a former thyroid condition (hashimotos) and wonder if I could still have wheat grass? Also, this specialist (hematologist) advised me if someone eats 15g of meat they absorb 1g of iron, where we absorb the full 15, so said if I don't eat meat my iron won't build up as fast. I eat mostly vegan but some (magnesium advocacy group, Morley Robbins) say vegans are the most iron toxic because they have low copper, which is needed to metabolise iron.I'm always on the fence with eating animal products and only really eat sardines if I crave them, and a few eggs here and there. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. I eat whole foods plant based. The specialist doesn't even ask for full iron labs, however, which makes me cautious to take his word as in conventional medicine they are not looking at how all the parameters interact, they simply look at the ferritin. He also said as mine has never been above 300 then I wouldn't have had any associated symptoms, even though my stiff achy wrists and liver pain went away once I got it managed. The main symptom I noticed since the start of this is visible spider veins which sometimes flare up. Heard it's another form of mineral imbalance. Any experience with this? Thanks lots and happy healing, Nikki
