Using cast iron pots and skillets for cooking has been recommened for people with low iron.
Here is a good site that talks about how to use cast iron pots for cooking and how to take care of them, and a site explaining the health benefits.
What's Cooking America
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Information/CastIronPans.htm
Holiday Cook
http://www.holidaycook.com/cast-iron/health-benefits.shtml
Besides helping you to need fewer iron supplements, cast iron pots have additional advantages in that they are extremely economical to buy, are very easy to clean, and can last generations. You can cook over a campfire with them, put them in the oven, and put them on the grill. (Unless you have bought ones with wooden handles.)
I have pots that were my grandmothers, that will probably outlast my grandchildren.
Iron has been found to be low in children with Autism and who have had lead poisoning. When our son was given a sleep study to find out what could help him sleep better, the main lab finding was that he was low in iron. Apparently, low iron can be a part of the cause of restless and twitchy legs at night. Low iron is a main cause of anemia, fatigue and other health problems.
Taking too much iron, on the other hand, is not good either, particularly for men.
Men don't have a regular monthly way of getting rid of it, and it is difficult for the body to remove too much iron without, um, you know (cough), bleeding.
Here is a good site that talks about how to use cast iron pots for cooking and how to take care of them, and a site explaining the health benefits.
What's Cooking America
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Information/CastIronPans.htm
Holiday Cook
http://www.holidaycook.com/cast-iron/health-benefits.shtml
Besides helping you to need fewer iron supplements, cast iron pots have additional advantages in that they are extremely economical to buy, are very easy to clean, and can last generations. You can cook over a campfire with them, put them in the oven, and put them on the grill. (Unless you have bought ones with wooden handles.)
I have pots that were my grandmothers, that will probably outlast my grandchildren.
Iron has been found to be low in children with Autism and who have had lead poisoning. When our son was given a sleep study to find out what could help him sleep better, the main lab finding was that he was low in iron. Apparently, low iron can be a part of the cause of restless and twitchy legs at night. Low iron is a main cause of anemia, fatigue and other health problems.
Taking too much iron, on the other hand, is not good either, particularly for men.
Men don't have a regular monthly way of getting rid of it, and it is difficult for the body to remove too much iron without, um, you know (cough), bleeding.
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