Quote: (02-18-2017 07:07 AM)Greyman Wrote:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2002/02/bill...-and-iron/
Women control iron, and live longer
"..Women live longer because they are better designed to withstand the rigors of life. Women, being the baby carriers of the species, must be protected from disease for human life to skirt extinction. Women better control iron in their bodies and thus outlast men. During the growing years both males and females require iron to produce hemoglobin for the production of red blood cells. Because the human body is growing rapidly during youth and more blood volume is needed, there is little danger of iron overload. But once full growth has been achieved, around age 18, the demand for iron is relaxed and about one excess milligram of iron per day of life accumulates thereafter in the body. But at this point females avoid iron overload by virtue of their monthly menstrual cycle. About 80 percent of the iron stores in the body are in the red blood cells and females will lose about 30-60 milligrams of iron with the monthly cycle. On the other hand, males have no direct route for the disposal of excess iron and by the age of 40 have as much iron as a 70-year old female, about 5000-7000 milligrams of excess stored iron. A 40-year old male will have twice the iron load as a female and will experience twice the rate of diabetes, cancer, heart disease and infections. Bacteria, viruses and fungi all utilize iron as a primary growth factor, so lower iron levels in females protect them from infection..."
I agree that iron went from something that used to be promoted as an essential supplement throughout the early seventies to a widely recognized unnecessary additive to any supplement plan. However the "...better designed to withstand the rigors of life" is self-serving narcissistic trope on the part of the SJW-influenced author. Avoidance of things like diabetes, cancer and heart disease, while real dangers in modern life, were not drivers of evolutionary development since these problems really only manifested in the very recent era of crap food, limited exercise and bad lifestyle habits.
If women were truly so much better at withstanding the rigors of life we would find a plethora of female-only Amazon type societies throughout history where men were used only for sperm donations while women fend for themselves. History doesn't back this up, I'm afraid.
The truly stronger sex would not develop innate hypergamous tendencies and move through the eons using whatever advantage they can to secure their safety and well being.