Quick Google search suggests that using cast iron cookware increases your iron intake. I’d imagine the heat process has something to do with it though, so still incredulous that licking an iron bar would be effective, though I’m at a very minor maybe.
It’s not that simple. Cast iron pans when properly seasoned won’t leach much iron into the food. However, I recall reading about a group who brewed their beer in iron kettles. And it was found to be a significant source of iron, as a result.
And beer itself for various reasons enhances iron absorption.
Japan has traditional iron kettles (that are stupidly expensive) and they’re often mentioned by doctors for use in people who have iron deficiency here. That or iron pans. They even make an iron ball to put in normal kettles and such, but that weirds me out a bit.
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Quick Google search suggests that using cast iron cookware increases your iron intake. I’d imagine the heat process has something to do with it though, so still incredulous that licking an iron bar would be effective, though I’m at a very minor maybe.
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28049274/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20110274/
It’s a strategy for defeating iron deficiency.
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It’s not that simple. Cast iron pans when properly seasoned won’t leach much iron into the food. However, I recall reading about a group who brewed their beer in iron kettles. And it was found to be a significant source of iron, as a result.
And beer itself for various reasons enhances iron absorption.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434614/
Some types have more iron than others
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811084511.htm
Beer! Solves almost as many problems as it causes.
Japan has traditional iron kettles (that are stupidly expensive) and they’re often mentioned by doctors for use in people who have iron deficiency here. That or iron pans. They even make an iron ball to put in normal kettles and such, but that weirds me out a bit.