and that kids, is not how you treat iron deficiency.
Fun fact: people in Brazil used to cook black beans with an iron nail inside the pot to treat anemia and iron deficiency. They removed the nail before eating, in case someone is wondering. Some people might still do it.
Another fun fact: I remember a research concluding that it's actually effective.
Liver is an excellent source of iron, for the animic people
There are products available that are meant for exactly this purpose, without being nail-shaped. It emulates the effects of cooking in a cast iron vessel. Seems pretty neat.
Hmm, would you consider this an iron overdose instead?
Requires medical attention and all ;)
Metallic iron isn't very bioavailable
It's almost certainly an extreme case of Pica, accumulated over an extended period of time.
Either that or he was convinced he was some kind of magical guru godman, impressing people and gaining a following with 'impossible' feats that he can perform thanks to his spiritual enlightenment.
That's as common, if not more common than preachers in America that run prosperity gospel scams, or believe that they are modern day prophets, talking directly to or for God, or both.
EDIT: Ah, schizophrenic.
The man was suffering from schizophrenia and had swallowed the nails over a period of time.
Anyone who claims they can talk to or for God, or believes they have magical superpowers is schizophrenic in my book, but if you're able to make money doing it, well then that's fine, because it doesn't harm your ability to participate in society and thus isn't a mental disorder.
Hooray for basing mental health conditions and healthcare on how they impact your economic productivity!
I think last year I saw this story of someone going to an MRI with a buttplug which then "transformed into an anal railgun"
anal railgun
great trash metal band name
Someone let the US Navy know they've cracked the system
I’d like to know more about the situation. Did he eat them all at once? Was it years of “I’ll bet you I can eat this nail”? Was it intended as some weird health thing?
He was trying to get past the bouncer at the Salty Spitoon
Metal removing imaging
And I get an upset stomach if I eat too much cabbage.
The Human Claymore
when I was a kid, I ate an L shaped nail.
it came out straight.
it had dissolved into a rusty spot the next day.
am I a superhuman? no, because apparently gluten is worse for me than nails...
Did it really dissolve into rust, or did your parents secretly throw away your poop nail in the middle of the night?
An MRI would have been faster, just sayin
That's the joke
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