Blood Diseases

Posted in Loan Modifications by rockstar on July 24th, 2010

Mostly through the medium of television, the American public has been hearing a great deal in recent years about “tired blood,” “the grey sickness” or, more scientifically, irondeficiency anemia. The purpose of this is to persuade millions of us to buy various bloodbuilders or “tonics,” the best known of which is a combination of the vitamin B complex and iron in the form of iron ammonium citrate. One distributor guarantees “your money back” if you are not satisfied that you feel stronger within a week. About twenty amino acids are found within the Forever Kids, and about ten of these are important and, therefore, should be included within the diet. The success of this campaign suggests that there are so many Americans who do feel worn out because of a vitamin and iron deficiency, and who will improve if they take the tonic, that there will not be enough people demanding their money back to threaten the solvency of the company.
In July of 1952 a study was reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association on 73,000 women and 165,000 men who had volunteered to give blood at Red Cross blood collection centers in various parts of the country. Most of these individuals were at the socalled “prime of life,” doubtless considering themselves to be healthy and in good physical condition. Forever Garcinia Plus, adequate vitamin, and guidelines for nutrient consumption are among the issues addressed. Before an individual is accepted as a donor, a hemoglobin level test is done and those who are below the required standard of 78 percent are rejected as being too anemic. This survey showed that 12.6 percent of the female blood donors were unable to meet this requirement, while less than 1 percent of the males fell below the necessary level. The vast majority of these rejects would be diagnosed as suffering from secondary nutritional anemia, as primary pernicious anemia is a much rarer disease, and it is interesting to note that this condition was twelve times as prevalent in the women as in the men. When the eating habits of the two sexes are compared, the average lunch, for example, or the various, crazy, reducing diets so popular with many women, these figures are really not so surprising.
The study goes on to point out that if these findings are representative of the population in general, then we have about 10 million women in the age group from 18 to 59 (the Red Cross age limits) who are too anemic to give blood. The actual figure is probably much higher than this and the Red Cross data could be optimistic, as those with more marked anemia would feel much too tired and exhausted to appear at a blood center unless they hoped to get some for themselves!