The Iron Myth: Debunking the Health Hype

Now the problem is that iron has gotten a notoriety as being far more important for our health than it actually is Now this actually started years ago in the 19 fifties and 19 sixties with a company called Jaritol And Geritol sponsored a lot of TV programs when I was growing up and Geritol was trying to convince people that the reason you had low energy is that you had iron poor blood and that geritol would help with energy because you had iron poor blood Now this of course was without any basis in fact but it sure sold and it sponsored a lot of TV