Andrew Huberman· PhD
So iron is a pro-senescent metal. And so what I think is that if you're taking excess iron as a supplement, you're probably accelerating your aging process.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
So iron is a pro-senescent metal. And so what I think is that if you're taking excess iron as a supplement, you're probably accelerating your aging process.
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Conversely, people who have very high levels, either genetically, hemochromatosis, or take a supplement and end up with high levels of iron, might be predisposing themselves to accelerated aging.
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