The Iron Disorders Institute Guide to Hemochromatosis by Wylie Burke

Cheryl Garrison was instrumental in her son's diagnosis and treatment for iron overload in 1997 and is now the founding director of the Iron Disorders Institute where she developed the institute's publications, including idInsight Magazine and the books Guide to Hemochromatosis, Guide to Anemia, and The Hemochromatosis Cookbook.

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I am absolutely delighted with the Iron Disorders Institute"Guide to Hemochromatosis"! It has been three years since our family first heard the word"hemochromatosis", and in that time I have searched publicand hospital libraries as well as the Internet in an attempt tofind factual, non-partisan, current information; comprehendible by a layperson. I have sifted through clinical information beyond my level of understanding, as well as reams of half-truths, non-truths and sheer conjecture. What an education, at such an affordable price! I sincerelyappreciate the fact that the Iron DisorderS Institute has offeredthe knowledge that there are MANY disorders of iron metabolism,not ONLY the one that genetically affects our family. Theyhave offered education in the form of charts, diet and nutritional information; COMPLETE understandable clinical information. The CDC tells us "Approximately one of every 200 to 400 peopleis affected, while one in 10 is a carrier making this one of the most common of the known genetic disorders in the United States". Sadly, it is one of the most MISSED diagnoses. With educational materials like this book offered by experts in the field, I feel hope and confidence that my husband will successfully deal with his diagnosis; our daughters will never experience what their dad has because of their KNOWLEDGE; and for our grandchildren, iron overload will be something they deal with through lifestyle choices and yearly monitoring - it will never hurt them. Perhaps most important, what a gift to an unsuspecting public, so many of whom carry this genetic mutation, and have yet to find that illusive, lifesaving diagnosis! My most sincere thanks!Cheryl Mellan,