Iron intake. overdose?

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I read that halva has a lot of iron in it. I like halva so i ate about 100mg today and about the same amount yesterday. I've also had 2 eggs today and 30mg sesame seeds. I am afraid that i'll die now or get serious health issues. I estimate that today i have had about 40mg of iron . I think i might get a panic attack because i am scared that i'll die

If i survive and tomorrow comes i will call my doctor and ask her if i can have a blood test.

Is 40mg of iron very dangerous? Or is there a high possibility that i'll survive?

Yes you could have as much as 45 millgrams in a day and not get hurt. Read this page
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/iron
Still get checked and the amount needed is only about 8 millgrams of Iron a day.

Awww you are worried. Don't worry. You can probably take in 10 times as much and still be okay.

Eating crap foods may make you feel odd for half a day until it's digested and liver and kidneys filter the toxins out of your bodies. That's it. Just don't do it often.

Other people are exposed to much more dangerous stuff all the time: drugs, alcohol, tobacco. All the time. Every day. Constantly.

its very difficult to overdose on iron from foods.

Plenty of people eat enormous amounts of red meat and even blood puddings as a staple diet. They even add a large amount of supplementary iron to childrens breakfast cereals.

I calmed down yesterday. It seems it was not as bad as i feared. Going to have blood taken on tuesday. I am still alive and well, yay! (except having cold and a sore throat.)