Re: nutrition help
Mtngrl thanks for that very useful link - me thinks you may be better informed than you are letting on - whereas I just google (-:.
Iron absorption from vegetable sources - Tea (tannins) and phytates found in grains are reported to block absorption of iron. Phytates may block the absorption of a number of minerals. Vitamin C sources are repeated to increase absorption - eg lemon juice in tea and on spinach. Fermentation and sprouting reduces phytates - a subject on its own. Iron is more easily absorbed from meat and fish. Many people in the USA are deficient in one or more minerals
http://www.veetea.com/site/articles/Tea-and-Iron
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2507689
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8...?dopt=Abstract
http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu/iron_absorption.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2820048
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.htm#heme
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8829129
Last edited by R.B.; 10-08-2011 at 04:35 PM..
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