Nutrition
Iron Absorption
Iron absorption is how much dietary iron your body takes up—higher from heme sources in meat, lower from many plants. Vitamin C with plant iron and spacing coffee or tea away from iron-rich meals improves uptake.
Iron absorption is how much dietary iron your body takes up—higher from heme sources in meat, lower from many plants. Vitamin C with plant iron and spacing coffee or tea away from iron-rich meals improves uptake.
Excess calcium or phytates at the same meal can block absorption for sensitive individuals.
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