Top 4 Reasons to Check Your Iron Level, Not Your Cholesterol

Do you know your levels of this Alzheimer's trigger? If you discover your levels of this brain-tangling substance are too high, take action sooner, not later.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• While your body requires sufficient iron to stay healthy, elevated levels have been linked to cancer, heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases, gouty arthritis, hepatitis C, liver disease and many other health problems

• Elevated cerebrospinal fluid iron levels are strongly correlated with the presence of the Alzheimer’s risk allele, APOE…