When they say, for example in the cashew nut, that it contains a lot of magnesium and iron. Is there actually tiny bits of metal in it? Do I have to think like atom size? Or am I totally not getting this? Then explain like I’m 3.
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Metals exist as just the metal, the pure substance, but also as compounds with other elements. For example, you wouldn’t want to touch metallic sodium, but it also forms compounds like sodium chloride, which have different properties and which are needed by your body. The metals in food come in such compounds, not as pure metal.
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