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African iron overload also known as (Bantu siderosisor Dietary iron overload) is an iron overload disorder first observed among people of African descent in Southern Africa and Central Africa.Dietary iron overload is the consumption of large amount of home-brewed beer with high amount of iron content in it. Preparing beer in iron pots or drums results in high iron content. The iron content in home-brewed beer is around 46–82 mg/l compared to 0.5 mg/l in commercial beer.