What makes the iron in food stuff like spinach digestible in our body? How is it different from consuming small quantities of iron directly?
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Vitamin C: this vitamin when combined with iron allows for better absorption and less constipation. Spinach has enough vitamin c to allow for absorption of the small amount (compared to a tablet) of iron in spinach.
Hem Iron is a type of iron that is more easily absorbed into the body. Plants and natural iron is less likely to actually be absorbed.
It’s really not different. It’s a common grade school experiment to take some iron rich cereal or something and spin it in water with a strong magnet for a long time and you eventually end up with a bunch of stuff that is just iron filings stuck to the magnet.
Iron can be consumed directly in small quantities, but it requires other components in the body to be absorbed effectively.
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