@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 7 months agoCan licking an iron bar get you the daily recommended amount of iron?message-square78fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1174arrow-down1message-squareCan licking an iron bar get you the daily recommended amount of iron?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 7 months agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-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-squareDavel23linkfedilink6•7 months agoI put them in quotes as the word has no objective meaning as applied to a breakfast cereal, it’s simply a marketing term. I did not intend to imply that ingested iron particles are not a valid source of iron for human biology.
minus-squareEchlinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoFair enough. Personally I don’t think the words are an issue. It’s not medically applicable, but it’s just cereal, so *shrug*
I put them in quotes as the word has no objective meaning as applied to a breakfast cereal, it’s simply a marketing term. I did not intend to imply that ingested iron particles are not a valid source of iron for human biology.
Fair enough. Personally I don’t think the words are an issue. It’s not medically applicable, but it’s just cereal, so *shrug*