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>>gpi+(OP)
This is super interesting. I've been wondering for a while about the role of iron in health, with consideration of things like the influence of the iron scavenger P. gingivalis. I do wonder if iron is the real reason for red meat being associated with worse health outcomes.

>>hgomer+T5
Can you elaborate what iron does in that context? It has a bad effect?

>>flawn+0D
Here's a paper that describes in vivo P. gingivalis interaction with iron.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2825758/

There's some suggestion that P. gingivalis is implicated in system wide effects: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41368-022-00215-y

I've read various other things about it's pro-inflammatory effect.

I'm somewhat wary of dental hygienists given how much trauma they seem to impart and the consequential risk of getting oral bacteria into the bloodstream.