Poisonious cereal - magnetic attraction of children's cereal

If it's in a major supermarket, it's poison.

mmmm

frosted flakes.....

Class action lawsuits...we should file 100's of them! :5:

The cereal is fortified with iron.

The magnet pulls the iron.

Not terribly shocking.


DNA

I gotta do this when I get home today.. my kids will be pissed but Im not feeding them metals for breakfast if their cereal fails this test.

wtf that is crazy

Cereal Killer.

cuz of the iron in it

"Iron is just one of the many minerals that is essential to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Iron is responsible for transporting oxygen throughout the bloodstream and ensuring that all the bones and muscles get the oxygen they need. Lack of iron can cause fatigue, and this deficiency causes the body's immune system to work poorly."


[link to www.ehow.com]

They spray iron right on all cereal...

I don't care what it is sprayed with.

Fruity Pebbles dance upon my palate with shoes made by cherubs to songs sung by angels!

Urban legend makes another pass, this is 7-8 yrs/old.

They certainly put an awful lot in it now don't they.

Other foods should be tested by GLPers this afternoon and posted.

calling all debunkers...
calling all debunkers...

WHY IS THIS PINNED????

"The cereal is fortified with iron.

The magnet pulls the iron.

Not terribly shocking."

so, if we use the same magnet on an iron supplement tablet [say, suspended by a thread], it should move?

Iron as Nutrient and Poison
[link to pubs.acs.org]

THE IRON IN YOUR CEREAL IS POISON!
[link to tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com]

Yay, you are learning.

Magnets attract metals. Welcome to preschool.

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I recently saw a video:
[link to video.godlikeproductions.com]
where it was demostrated that some iron-enriched foods actually contain enough elemental iron to be magnetic. I wanted to see more of this, so I did the experiment myself, and sure enough - even the cereal I had for breakfast was magnetic!

In this video, you'll see floating magnetic Bran Flakes, a free-standing magnetic Bran Flake demonstration, and finally, the actual magnetic iron material extracted from the cereal and shown under high magnification.

This sort of iron looks similar to the kind of black iron you would collect by passing a strong magnet through ordinary soil. After a bit of reseach, it turns out that this "reduced iron" will dissolve in your stomach's hydrochloric acid, at least to some degree. It can be then absorbed into your bloodstream for bodily processes, although not as efficiently as iron compounds such as ferrous fumarate, iron sulfate, "chelated" iron/amino acid compounds, or colloidal iron found naturally in plants/non-processed foods.

So why THIS type of iron in cereal? Well apparently, ionic types of iron such iron sulfate (usually seen in vitamin pills, etc.) can actually speed-up spoilage of food, where metallic (elemental) iron doesn't.

More interesting stuff:

A quote from an iron ore mine (manufactuerer) press release in Peru:

"Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) is a high-quality iron product created through the removal of oxygen (reduction) from iron oxide material, in solid state (without melting). Reduction is achieved when a reducing gas (typically hydrogen and carbon monoxide) is passed through the iron oxide feed material at a temperature between 900 degrees and 970 degrees C. Direct Reduction Iron is commonly used in an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) to produce steel, instead of, or in combination with, scrap iron."

There are only a few "on hand".

true


go organic/local for the win.

vegan:)

no shit, get a brian tyrone.

Or feeding to your KIDS.

I sent that one to everyone I knew a few months back & haven't eaten a bowl since.

Regardless of the reason that it's in there... I can do without.

MUCH better video! thank you fellow Texan.

im still shocked

i'm not sure what's wrong. is the type of iron dangerous when ingested?

Most chemists and first year university chemistry classes show this in experiments.

Also one should pay attention to serving size. THis guy in the video put like 1/4 of the flakes in the blender.

Also this sounds like total cereal which promises 100% daily value of vitamins and minerals per serving.

Other foods also have iron, I guess someone could try blending them too and use a magnet.