Questions tagged [iron]
The chemical element with atomic number 26 and symbol Fe. Use for elemental iron and iron compounds.
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Can humans digest the iron present in spinach?
In this article by Spiegel Online (German), there is a claim that humans cannot absorb/digest/use the iron present in spinach:
Das tatsächlich im Spinat enthaltende Eisen ist für Menschen per ...
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Was a misplaced decimal point responsible for the popular belief that spinach has a lot of iron?
Daniel Engber writes in Who Will Debunk The Debunkers?:
Popeye loved his leafy greens and used them to obtain his super strength, Arbesman’s book explained, because the cartoon’s creators knew that ...
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