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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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[–] PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

Not necessarily licking (I mean, if you do it enough...), but this is a thing

Cool story with interesting social, cultural, and scientific interactions.

It may have been discredited outside of simple iron deficiency since I last read about it, but dietary studies on humans are notoriously difficult to do.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe cooking in cast iron pots/pans also provides a source of iron as well.

[–] PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Certainly makes sense.

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