Ask a public-health/nutrition student

[Athene]

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Iron is an interesting mineral. The body breaks down RBCs and recycles much of the iron so that 90% of a person's daily iron needs are met by the recycling of existing iron. The body really doesn't want to excrete it, thus some people end up absorbing too much iron even with a healthy diet, and the only way to thin it out is to have blood removed from the vein.

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Bold mine.

You're kidding right? You need to look at the treatment for hemochromatosis and transfusion overload.

I thought that therapeutic phlebotomy is the most common and effective treatment for iron overload. I understand it's not the only treatment, though. Is that what's wrong?