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Ritabert

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3. My husband has hereditary hemochromatosis which was an evolutionary development

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Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:36 PM

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It protected some individuals from anemia when humans moved from hunter/gatherer culture to farming. Now however since everything has iron added to it (especially cereal) it becomes a problem leading to damage to various organs and is rarely tested for. Fairly common in Irish/Scottish and northern European descendants.

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