Iron is iron, they even recommend that people with deficiencies use cast iron cookware to leech it into their food and help keep their levels up.
I've heard that putting a nail in an apple and wait for a few hours before pulling it out and eating the apple is a good way to get some iron in your body.
I've heard that putting a nail in an apple and wait for a few hours before pulling it out and eating the apple is a good way to get some iron in your body.
Also a fun way to give yourself tetanus, but to each his own.
I prefer the more absorbable iron ions to iron oxides, thank you.
Also a fun way to give yourself tetanus, but to each his own.
Umm no, tetanus isn't acquired via ingestion, actually among those not vaccinated having tetanus microbes in their guts already was fairly common. However dangerous tetanus infections are directly related to the environment caused by a wound, namely a contaminated puncture largely devoid of oxygen. Only in this low oxygen environment can the microbe (if present) reach toxic concentrations.
Beyond that metal has absolutely nothing to do with the infection. The only reason nails are associated with it is because they're often laying around in contaminated dirt and can easily cause the small puncture wound that's most likely to produce the needed environment. However you're more likely to get it from say a wooden stick smeared with fecal matter poking your foot then a clean nail driven all the way through it.
Actually any wound is very unlikely to be infected regardless, in the trenches of WWI for instance only about 10 out of every 100,000 wounds resulted in infection. That said, given that the infection can be deadly even with modern medical care, can produces lasting disability if you survive, and during the worst of it results in spasms so bad they can break your bones... get your damn vaccine.
I prefer the more absorbable iron ions to iron oxides, thank you.
That's all well and good, unless you happen to live in an area lacking cheap iron rich food which many people in the third world do. Just giving them lumps of iron to toss into stewed food can significantly reduce iron deficiency and a brick of cast iron used in such a manner can easily supply the required levels for an extremely long time.
That's all well and good, unless you happen to live in an area lacking cheap iron rich food which many people in the third world do. Just giving them lumps of iron to toss into stewed food can significantly reduce iron deficiency and a brick of cast iron used in such a manner can easily supply the required levels for an extremely long time.
I was going to say "rust", but yeah you basically said what I wanted to convey.
A person who can cook.A person who cannot cook.That's right! Liver and spinach are especially recommended!It seems that it's good to eat things that are chock-full of iron to stave off the summer's heat, right?Ohh... It's good to take in iron to stave off the summer's heat?
