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@sueinmn Sorry Sue, I didn't make it clear. There are many research papers that I have been reading a correlation between iron intake and bacterial biofilms. I explored with my own situation and the months that I take iron, my bacteria load goes up to Moderate and Heavy. I'm torn between iron level and bacteria load.
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@sweethighland
I can so relate to being torn between iron levels and bacteria load. My pulmo said they used to worry about iron intake but now have found that "the body wins". I think he meant that the body will take up the increase in iron rather than the pseudo (in my case). But I have not found that to be true. So I just try to get a little iron in my diet but since I do not eat red meat, it is very limited. If you do need to supplement maybe try very small amounts?