Having a cup of tea with a meal decreases the body's absorption of non-heme iron (the only type of iron provided by plant-based foods, dairy products, and eggs) contained in that meal by roughly ___________ percent.a) 25
b) 39
c) 47
d) 60
Leave your guess in the "comments" section and come back on Thursday for the answer.
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i'm guessing c, 47!
question - how much will drinking OJ (or anything with vitamin C) counter the tannins' inhibitory effects?
Hi Christine,
Thanks for your guess. I will be discussing Vitamin C's role in iron absorption once I reveal the answer.
Stay tuned!
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