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How many licks would it take? Can the iron in bars even be processed by the body? Can you do this for other minerals?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

US RDA age 19+ is 8 mg / day. Maybe if the iron bar is really rusty. Or, pills are cents a day. OR you could eat breakfast cereal or liver, lentils or spinach, Popeye.

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/iron-HealthProfessional/#h2

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Breakfast cereals made of liver and spinach feel like an unexplored market