They might seem a bit pricey for what it is, but they operate on a "buy one, give one" model, so it's a pretty good deal considering that. They make a great gift for anyone in your life who needs more iron in their diet.
If you live in a developed country, you don't need one. There is iron in a wide range of common foods, both naturally-occurring and artificially-enriched. "lucky iron" fish are useful for people living on subsistence diets.
The really interesting detail here is that making them fish-shaped is a critical marketing strategy. They previously tried giving out iron discs or iron lotus flowers, which had poor adoption rates.
"The subsequent trial found that, compared to the base blood iron rate at the beginning of the trial, individuals using the iron fish had increased levels of blood iron after 12 months, and the rate of anemia decreased by 43%.[5]
A randomized control trial in 2017 found that the iron fish did not increase hemoglobin concentrations in a sample group of 340 Cambodian women."
These sentences seem to contradict each other. Or does it mean that the concentration of iron in the blood has increased, but that it did not lead to more hemoglobin?
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The entire theory does not work!
This is a good example of how broken the NGO industry is!!!
https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article-abstract/106/2/667/455...
Here's a really interesting article
How a Tsunami in Japan Endangered Children in Cambodia https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/health/tsunami-japan-camb...
It has a simple solution (Fix the salt machines) but it's not cool like these fish.
Iodine issue has a lot more to it. I could link more, but it's off topic.
But it's a simple solution that would save millions of $ and help thousands for the rest of their lives.
Q: Why are people paying to improve education in these regions when step one we need to stop permanent retardation of IQ's for cheap.
A: Like the fish it's not cool.
A randomized control trial in 2017 found that the iron fish did not increase hemoglobin concentrations in a sample group of 340 Cambodian women."
These sentences seem to contradict each other. Or does it mean that the concentration of iron in the blood has increased, but that it did not lead to more hemoglobin?