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nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Fun fact: people in Brazil used to cook black beans with an iron nail inside the pot to threat anemia and iron deficiency. They removed the nail, in case someone is wondering. Some people might still do it.

Another fun fact: I remember a research concluding that it’s actually effective.

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Illecors@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I guess it’s similar to cooking in cast iron - it’s effective, just not a be-all-end-all solution.

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- rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  I guess it’s similar to cooking in cast iron
  
  It’d have to be unseasoned bast iron. The polymer seasoning resists coming off and contains very very little iron.
  
  We put ferrous iron in cereal; most supplements use iron salts, though. The metal salts are generally FAR more available for the body to take up.
  
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png@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
There are products available that are meant for exactly this purpose, without being nail-shaped. It emulates the effects of cooking in a cast iron vessel. Seems pretty neat.

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psud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Liver is an excellent source of iron, for the animic people

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