Study shows drinking tea away from meals could help increase iron absorption by over 50%!<\/p>\n
First, let me say you can absolutely enjoy your cups of tea. There’s nothing ‘bad’ about it – it’s simply because the plant chemicals (called flavonoids) can bind to iron in plant-based foods (i.e. non-heme iron) and reduce how much your body absorbs.<\/p>\n
Researchers found having a cup of tea with a test meal inhibited iron absorption by about 60-70%<\/p>\n
But just leaving a little gap in between can have a big impact…<\/strong><\/p>\n Does that mean you need to drink all your tea away from meals? Well, no! Most people don’t need to think about it.<\/p>\n But if your iron levels are a little on the low side, here’s what you can do<\/strong><\/p>\n Study shows drinking tea away from meals could help increase iron absorption by over 50%! First, let me say you can absolutely enjoy your cups of tea. There’s nothing ‘bad’ about it – it’s simply because the plant chemicals (called flavonoids) can bind to iron in plant-based foods (i.e. non-heme iron) and reduce how much…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-or-nutrition","category-myth-busting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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