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“Products that contain calcium like dairy, yogurt, cheese, and fortified products decrease iron absorption.” Additionally, Castelli says that a high intake of eggs, coffee, and tea may also ...
Absorption of dietary iron in iron salt form (as in most supplements) varies somewhat according to the body's need for iron, and is usually between 10% and 20% of iron intake. Absorption of iron from animal products, and some plant products, is in the form of heme iron, and is more efficient, allowing absorption of from 15% to 35% of intake.
[11] [12] Foods high in calcium eaten simultaneously with foods containing iron can decrease the absorption of iron via an unclear mechanism involving iron transport protein hDMT1, which calcium can inhibit. [13] Avidin is an antinutrient found in active form in raw egg whites.
The same can occur with elements in food, such as calcium, which impacts both heme and non-heme iron absorption. [39] Absorption of iron is better at a low pH (i.e. an acidic environment), and absorption is decreased if there is a simultaneous intake of antacids. Many other substances decrease the rate of non-heme iron absorption.
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The major protein in whey is β-lactoglobulin, followed by α-lactalbumin (β-lactoglobulin ≈ 65%, α-lactalbumin ≈ 25%, serum albumin ≈ 8%, other ≈ 2%). β-lactoglobulin is a lipocalin protein, and can bind many hydrophobic molecules, suggesting a role in their transport. β-lactoglobulin has also been shown to be able to bind iron via siderophores [7 ...
Phytic acid has a strong affinity to the dietary trace elements, calcium, iron, and zinc, inhibiting their absorption from the small intestine. [1] [33] Phytochemicals such as polyphenols and tannins also influence the binding. [34] When iron and zinc bind to phytic acid, they form insoluble precipitates and are far less absorbable in the ...