@R5v5n1nt@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 1 year agoCan licking an iron bar get you the daily recommended amount of iron?message-square79fedilinkarrow-up1177file-text
arrow-up1177message-squareCan licking an iron bar get you the daily recommended amount of iron?@R5v5n1nt@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-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@MoodyRaincloud@feddit.nllinkfedilink12•1 year 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@zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilink15•1 year agoI think you’d lose just as much iron if not more iron in the blood you’d lose consuming that apple.
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍linkfedilink5•1 year 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.