A man chats on his mobile phone (file photo). A shop assistant has died in China after his mobile phone battery exploded in his pocket. A shopworker has died after his mobile phone exploded, severing a major artery in his neck. It is believed that the 20-year-old man had just finished charging the phoneâs battery before placing it in his breast pocket. Police in Guangzhou, China, are investigating whether the phone was counterfeit.
While iron is better absorbed from heme (meat) sources, non-heme (plant) iron is better regulated causing less damage to the body. High iron foods include clams, liver, sunflower seeds, nuts, beef, lamb, beans, whole grains, dark leafy greens (spinach), dark chocolate, and tofu. The current daily value (DV) for iron is 18 milligrams (mg). Below is a list of high iron foods.
One boiled egg can reduce absorption of iron in a meal by as much as 28%. Oxalates impair the absorption of non-heme iron. Oxalates are found in foods such as spinach, kale, beets, nuts, chocolate, tea, wheat bran, rhubarb, strawberries and herbs such as oregano, basil and parsley. The presence of oxalates in spinach explains why the iron in spinach is not absorbed.