Experts: iron pot iron does not fly

“Iron tea can be used to make tea with iron kettles.” Recently, this micro-blog has spread widely on the Internet. The sky-high price of “Japanese iron kettle” attracts netizens’ attention, and its price ranges from a few hundred yuan to several hundred thousand yuan. . Iron pot iron effect is really so good? In response, the "Life Times" reporter conducted a series of survey interviews.

China Yangtze Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Tea Research Institute Deputy Director of the Yangtze River told reporters that "the use of iron kettle to make up iron" this view has no basis, is currently not promoted to use iron kettle boiled tea, because if iron into the tea, right The flavor and color of tea soup are all unfavorable. In fact, iron pot tea is not effective in promoting the dissolution of iron. Even if iron ions are precipitated, it is minimal, and the iron supplement effect is not promoted. Even iron pots cast in 100% cast iron will not have significant iron effect.

He Jiguo, associate professor of the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering at China Agricultural University, also said that at present, there is no hearing about using iron kettles to make water. The iron element in the iron kettle is still different from the diet. Even if iron is dissolved, its absorption and utilization in the human body is very low. Moreover, tea contains some tannins, which can be combined with iron, but will hinder the absorption of iron.

He Jiguo pointed out that if you want to supplement iron, you should choose foods rich in iron, such as lean meat, animal liver, eggs, animal blood (duck blood, pig blood), grapes, cherries, black fungus, mushrooms, etc. .