[Yaelle]

Omgosh, I read the long thread(s) about this on freetheanimal.com ! It was such news to me and I’m astounded. Our government may be literally killing us and making us sick, with this ENRICHING they do with flours and cereals and other grain products.

Iron. We are gathering too much iron. When I read that into commercial cereals they literally pour tiny iron shavings I was appalled. My kids have loved certain cereals for their whole lives. My littlest is the only one born since I went organic and gluten free so she has not been exposed to all this enrichment.

For anyone wondering about this, go to Www.freetheanimal.com and the post in question is on iron and how the USA “enriches” flour with it and other substances that could be causing a myriad of ills.

It opened my eyes to the fact that it might not be gluten I am so sensitive to. I can now eat things that I make myself, with organic whole wheat flour - but I still cannot tolerate commercial bread so it may be the extra gluten they do put in that.

How sad, though, for my parents. They both have Alzheimer’s, maybe from all this enriching. Who knows. I’d like to know if neurodegenerative diseases are any less frequent in non-fortifying countries.

[SisterK]

Neurodegenerative diseases are exponentially less in countries that eat a lot of curry (turmeric).

[PA Engineer]

They are. The food pyramid goes back to 68 (typing on iPad). That is when the real "fad" diet began. They have now tied metobolic syndrome into blood brain barrier (BBB) inflamation and ongoing damage and leakage. The information has been in front of them for a long time. They are finally using the term Diabetes Type III. I use "they" as the medical community. There is nothing nefarious there, however there is with our government and parts of the NIH.

Iron itself is not the the primary culprit, however it is a contibutor. The type of iron. Non-heme iron (vegitable) and heme (animal based) also contribute, with vegitable based playing a greater role. Insulin resistance is one of the greatest contributors.

Dementia may be very preventable. I'm working on another iron based disorder and only briefly investigated primary dementia.