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QUESTION & ANSWER28/10/2008 HAEMOCHROMATOSIS AND ALCOH0L 
Question: My body absorbs too much dietary iron. Does this mean that drinking beer will put me at risk?Willem D.K. Answer: In cases of haemochromatosis we always recommend the exercise of due care and attention with alcoholic beverages. Patients with haemochromatosis may be quite sure and certain that overenthusiastic alcohol consumption is literally tantamount to an increased risk of cirrhosis, and even of liver cancer. The accepted limit is set at 2 to 3 standard units (250 cc glasses of ordinary lager or pils-type beer) for men, 1 to 2 for women. Journal of Epidemiology 2003, Col.152; Alcohol, 2003, June, 30(2) | |
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