Default Vega Shakes = bad news

So.. in my quest for ultimate health I found those Vega shakes at whole foods... Vega Whole Food Optomizer..

Looked really good, heard some good things about it and looked on there website it looked good..

So I started having it every morning.. for a few months..

I started having terrible gas during the day... non stop really bad smelling gas... for some reason I never made the connection with the Vega.. I think because ive had some digestive issues over the years I assumed it was something else going on with me.

Anyway, after a few months of this finally I started to make the connection, everytime I had my vega shake I would get really bad gas that day.. I looked it up online and apparently a lot of other people have had the same experience and worse, some people getting really ill some even ending up in the ER after drinking this stuff??

Then I also realized.. I guess I did before but never fully, its got Iron in it as well, 18mg which is A LOT.. especially for a grown man like myself who already eats lots of meat. Vega is designed for vegans who dont eat meat and thus need more iron, I on the other hand have been eating a lot of red meat etc the past few months and then taking 18mg of iron in addition.. I probably have iron overload in my body right now.


So now im freaked out.. ive read about how unhealthy it is to have excess iron in the system.. its really bad for men because we dont lose iron very well.. and its been linked with cancer, heart disease, impotence, diabetes all that fun stuff..


So.. im frustrated that I paid good money and used a product faithfully for months that all along was harming me.


Any advice on what to do about the Iron situation?? I feel like I was getting WAYY too much iron for a while.. apparently the only way to reduce the iron is to donate blood. I suppose I should get my levels tested.. and im gonna try and cut out/cut back on red meat and iron rich foods for a while.. also, hopefully my digestion will go back to normal after all this crap.

Helllpppp...