Metalic Filings found in American Cereal- As demonstrated by a simple experiment can be done to confirm this

Posted November 3rd, 2009 by kentrailer

Guy puts cereal in a blender, and watch how many iron filings show up: http://www.youtube.com/wa...

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Come on folks get over the

On November 3rd, 2009 ThePatriot says:

Come on folks get over the fear mongering and do your research. Iron is attracted to magnets, it is is also very important and is absorbed by the human body naturally. I am not going to write a book report here just do your research. this video is bullshit.

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How much iron is in raisin bran?

On November 3rd, 2009 RawfoodLiberty says:

Not alot, mainly just aluminum and nickel.
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God only knows what's in those

On November 3rd, 2009 Jefferson says:

green clovers, blue diamonds, and marshmellow rainbows.

Lucky Charms my arse.

Man, I hated to watch this. I admit I occasionally indulge in a kids cereal to "hug my inner child" so to speak.

That looked like " Total" brand Cereal, to me..

Thanks for sharing......I guess....8)

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I like Frosted Mini-Wheats

On November 3rd, 2009 scdecade says:

Silly rabbit...

On November 3rd, 2009 usndoc1964 says:

those aren't just any metal flakes. They are silver and gold flakes!

http://www.youtube.com/wa...

Of course there is metal it is added to fortify your food.

On November 3rd, 2009 Temporalist says:

Iron is something people need in their diet and here are links so you can find it naturally without "fortification" but it doesn't hurt you either way...unless you decide to bite into some ore or an iron gate or fire poker.

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So what are the beneficial

On November 3rd, 2009 poq says:

So what are the beneficial and negative effects of too much vs. too little iron? What is a proper amount?

I'm no scientist, but iron is Fe and Fe is attracted to magnets

On November 3rd, 2009 MikeLawson says:

So I would expect all iron to be attracted to magnets. Am I wrong?

Yep

On November 3rd, 2009 Jive_Dadson says:

Iron is attracted to a magnet when it's in the zero valence state. So I guess it might depend on the particular iron supplement.

Hey kids! Try this at home!

On November 3rd, 2009 Jive_Dadson says:

Hey kids! Try this at home!

haha nice, love when

On November 3rd, 2009 Briefcase says:

haha nice, love when ignorant posts get blasted.

Did this in grade school,

On November 3rd, 2009 ZJ says:

Did this in grade school, it's because it is iron fortified. Blood is magnetic, why can't cereal?

That was an uncontrolled

On November 3rd, 2009 Jive_Dadson says:

That was an uncontrolled experiment. He should have run some of the water through the blender without the flakes, and tested that with the magnet.

So, you think the metal

On November 3rd, 2009 kentrailer says:

So, you think the metal pieces were previously in the blender, or broke off of the blender bit while blending the cereal? You should probably try the experiment on your own to verify.. it's a pretty cheap one.

I don't think one way or the

On November 3rd, 2009 Jive_Dadson says:

I don't think one way or the other. I am just saying the experiment is badly flawed. There could have been particles in the water or the blender.

I worked with robots for six years. The kind of robots I dealt with were for use in class I clean rooms where computer wafers are fabricated. I know it's not easy to make a motor spin something fast without generating particles. The trick is to isolate them with positive air flow and trap them with filters rather than trying to eliminate them entirely.

Another question that comes to mind is whether nutritional grade iron supplements are supposed to be magnetic. I mean, why not?