Question re: Iron in Molasses-Doc??

[Guest guest]

I was talking to a Naturopathic Doctor the other day and we were

discussing supplementing iron. Of course, I first thought of Panther

Piss and the iron in the blackstap molasses. When I mentioned it, she

said that the iron content in molasses is not what it used to be. She

said that the high iron content in the molasses used to come from it

being made in cast iron pots and that the iron leeched into the

molasses and made it a very good iron supplement. She said that with

modern methods now, they no longer make the molasses in the iron tubs

so it does not have the same content as it used to and so she did not

use it as an iron supplement anymore.

 

Anyone have any information on this? Truth, fiction, misleading?

 

Thanks!

 

Elaine