Can you get too much iron in your diet?

Question

In addition to all the fortified foods I eat as well as multivitamins I take, I recently bought a set of bare cast iron cookware and I cook everything in them. The question is, will I eventually be poisoned to death or something with too much iron?

Answer 1

the pots and pans you cook in won't over load you multivitamins . and neither will eating a healthy diet of fortified foods . You can get too much iron if you double or triple your vitamin content . That's when everything tastes like iron and your stools are hard and black and your urine is dark yellow and smells like iron . Also too much iron will make it hard to have a bowel movement . That is serious ..

Answer 2

No, not from the cast iron which is non toxic. And what concerns the foods, you would have to eat an awful lot to even get close to the poisonous levels of iron. Just make sure you don't take iron pills unless subscribed by your doctor.

Answer 3

Are you male or female? A woman wouldn't have this problem, as long as she menstruates. A man probably wouldn't have this problem, but it's worth checking out. To check, just donate blood. They can tell if your iron is too high or not. I'd be surprised if it is: it's pretty hard to do.

Answer 4

yes you can get too much iron but you'll notice yourself getting sick long before it starts to hurt you. read the food facts on your food packages. you can figure out how much iron you should get by using the amount and the percentage of the daily intake on the package. if you're getting too much reduce it.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

yeah u can and its dangerous hun sorry to tell u