Year and a Half of Lucky Iron Fish

Everyone needs iron in their diet to be healthy and strong.  Some people get enough from their diet, while others do not.  

I wrote a blog post of my experience after five months of using the lucky iron fish.  At that stage I had used it almost every night for about five months, and it was working great.   

The lucky iron fish is meant to last at least five years if used a few times every day.  Once the smile has worn off your ingot it is time to replace it.  

I have used mine for over a year and a half now.  During this time I have used the lucky iron fish almost every night, so I thought it a good idea to do another post saying how the lucky iron fish performed for me over this longer time frame.  

Each night I use the lucky iron fish to make up some iron enriched water.  We drink this water the following day, and it adds more iron to our diet.  

Each evening when I am clearing up after dinner I put the lucky iron fish in a pot, add 2 litres of boiling water, add a few drops of lemon juice, then let this simmer for twenty minutes.  

This is roughly how long I spend in the kitchen cleaning up, so it is not a big issue time wise.  I also have a lemon tree, which ensures I have access to free lemons.

Lucky iron fish after more than a year and a half of use

The same Lucky Iron Fish after only five months

Once twenty minutes is up I remove the lucky iron fish, quickly dry it with a tea towel, and put it on the shelf.  At this time it is usually still very hot, so any water I missed would evaporate fast.

I then take the water off the stove and leave it to cool.  Once cooled I pour it in a bottle.  You could add this iron enriched water to cooking, but we drink it the following day.  It tastes like water, but it has iron it in.

While it makes no difference, I always put my lucky iron fish with the leaf side up, that way I will know if wear and tear is due to it being scratched against the pot.

After using this each night for over a year and a half, my lucky iron fish has no rust, and is still looking good.  It had a little rim around the nose end that is no longer there, other than that it looks much the same.  The side that scrapes against the pot in the photo below doesn't even look very worn yet.

Lucky iron fish - still looking good

If your diet is low in iron you could buy iron supplements, or try to eat more meat, or you could use a lucky iron fish.  I used to buy iron pills, and they work for me, I now only use the lucky iron fish and I am much happier with it.

The Lucky Iron Fish is much like any other dietary supplement.  It does nothing if you already consume enough iron.  It works really well if you diet is lacking enough absorbable iron in your diet.  

The difference with the Lucky Iron Fish to taking iron pills is that the Lucky Iron Fish is far cheaper, it lasts a long time, it takes up less space, and is easier on the stomach than iron pills.  

With the Lucky Iron Fish there are no issues if you are vegetarian or vegan, and there are no religious worries for Orthodox or Muslims or Jewish people or any other faith.  I believe a percentage of sale price still goes to fund humanitarian work in Cambodia and a few other countries.

There are a few other brands that make similar iron fish, unfortunately I don't know if any of those are safe.  Lucky Iron fish has been tested, and retested, by many laboratories, on many occasions, and all confirm that this is safe and effective.  

Other brands have not had such rigorous testing, and I don't know where their iron comes from, so I would not risk using one.  

I remember not long ago a shipment of iron was seized at the border.  One of the nuclear facilities in China had been decommissioned, the metal had been sold, and it was hideously radioactive.  A lot of radioactive iron from that source had made it into our country before this shipment was stopped.  While I know that the iron used for Lucky Iron Fish is safe, I can't know about the iron used by other companies.

If you need more iron in your diet, consider trying a Lucky Iron Fish or Lucky Iron Leaf.

Be strong (byt' sil'nym).