well thats sillyiron in ion form is different to iron in solid form, it wont hurt you like a knife! Dear god dont they teach kids anything these days :)
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Wed 17 Mar 2010, 10:57,
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Heh. It was a sort of metaphor. I do know the difference between matter in different bonding states...Spinach, for example, is a good source of iron, but not because it has any more than other vegetables, but because it is in a form that is easily taken up by the gut.
edit : seems like I was wrong, iron in vegetables and grain is 'non-haem' (as in, not bound to a haem group like in haemoglobin) so is not taken up easily. Further, oxalates in spinach make it less available. Well, whatever.
(edit : seems like I was wrong, iron in vegetables and grain is 'non-haem' (as in, not bound to a haem group like in haemoglobin) so is not taken up easily. Further, oxalates in spinach make it less available. Well, whatever.
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Wed 17 Mar 2010, 11:05,
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