Regular bleeding was the old cure for the disease.
But if you're way up on the iron count, might want to run it by the doc. Probably it's the skillet, though.
It's genetic, so just as many women have the genes for it as men, but they don't usually show symptoms of iron overload until they are older.
This study, which examined equal numbers of men and women with two copies of the gene for hemochromatosis, concludes: " ... homozygous hemochromatosis is slightly underexpressed in women, although severe disease can be present and the clinical features are different than those seen in men. We show that women with genetic hemochromatosis can and do develop progressive iron overload and clinical symptoms despite menstruation and pregnancy."