04-04-2010, 11:27 PM
This a true story about Total cereal.
In a chemistry lecture I attended , the professor put a huge beaker on of those magnetic stirring plates with a small stirring magnet inside of it.
He then placed a container of Total cereal in the beaker along with water.
At the end of the lecture, he removed the stirring magnet, and it was covered with extremely fine iron filings.
This is how the manufacturer of Total cereal is able to claim such a high iron content in their cereal.
Of course the bioavailability of iron in this form is next to nothing.
In a chemistry lecture I attended , the professor put a huge beaker on of those magnetic stirring plates with a small stirring magnet inside of it.
He then placed a container of Total cereal in the beaker along with water.
At the end of the lecture, he removed the stirring magnet, and it was covered with extremely fine iron filings.
This is how the manufacturer of Total cereal is able to claim such a high iron content in their cereal.
Of course the bioavailability of iron in this form is next to nothing.