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foods the inhibit iron absorption

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:18 am
by peanut1
A good article. I was completely unaware of eggs inhibiting iron absorption along with walnuts and milk (which I eat a lot of)

http://www.livestrong.com/article/28433 ... bsorption/

Re: foods the inhibit iron absorption

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 11:06 pm
by badnights
Thanks for this, Kathy. I guess that's why iron is best taken on an empty stomach - lots of things seem to interfere with its absorption. I wasn't aware of eggs doing it, either. Or if I ever was, I'd forgotten ~:

Re: foods the inhibit iron absorption

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:55 am
by peanut1
Thanks Beth,

I think I may try that--just taking iron by itself with OJ and nothing else. And waiting an hour at least before eating something else, particularly the foods listed.