I know that you can’t eat stuff made of iron, but I don’t know WHY you can’t just eat iron stuff. I know iron supplements exist how is that different?
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Iron supplements are usually in a salt form that is more easily dissolved and absorbed into the body. Iron fortification in food is quite literally just iron that’s ground extremely fine and put in minute amounts in food. The reason why you can’t just eat a solid chunk of iron is that your teeth will break once you chomp down on it, and if you manage to swallow down iron shavings, they will shred the soft tissues of your mouth, throat, and stomach as you try to eat it
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