On Tue, 6 Oct 1998 09:06:26 EDT, S.B. Feldman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In a message dated 10/1/98 2:08:29 PM EST, [log in to unmask]
>writes:
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> At other places I found mentioned that for men was difficult to
> loose iron in any way, since they are not bleeding.
> The only way to loose iron (as i recall one NG posting) for men was to
> run, because in this way red-blood-cells die in the feet,
> and transport a little iron outside. >>
>
>Maybe the magnets you can put in your shoes help to draw out the iron that is
>leaving through the feet of runners.......This is absurd!   ...and where do
>red blood cells meet death in swimmers?

Here I mentioned only what i read in another newsgroup
but what I can't verify otherwise:

Red blood-cells could die in the feet in the course of running by the
pressure when hitting the ground, and then beeing
transported outside the body via the spleen,
as I understood it.

Key point was: without any bleeding wounds
(and without womans' period)
men don't have any pathway to get rid of iron.
In this way iron can accumulate on the body, if
constantly new iron is ingested by the means of
heme iron from meats.
An overload of iron can cause a damage to the imune system
to the heart and to antioxidants on the body.

regards

Amadeus