@R5v5n1nt to Ask Lemmy • 10 months agoCan licking an iron bar get you the daily recommended amount of iron?message-square78arrow-up1179arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1174arrow-down1message-squareCan licking an iron bar get you the daily recommended amount of iron?@R5v5n1nt to Ask Lemmy • 10 months agomessage-square78file-text
How many licks would it take? Can the iron in bars even be processed by the body? Can you do this for other minerals?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•10 months agoI’ve read once that eating iron won’t do anything for your iron intake, but for example sticking some rusty nails through an apple for a while and then eating the apple would.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•10 months agoI think you’d lose just as much iron if not more iron in the blood you’d lose consuming that apple.
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍link4•10 months agoWhat about sticking 5" iron nails into your nose? Asking for a friend
I’ve read once that eating iron won’t do anything for your iron intake, but for example sticking some rusty nails through an apple for a while and then eating the apple would.
I think you’d lose just as much iron if not more iron in the blood you’d lose consuming that apple.
What about sticking 5" iron nails into your nose?
Asking for a friend
They’re about four inches too short, mate.