Fri, Apr-23-21, 14:16
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Senior Member
Posts: 162
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Plan: modified Atkins
Stats: 220/188/170
BF:
Progress: 64%
Location: Oakland, Florida, USA
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Originally Posted by WereBear
Sadly, so.
Fortunately, my coffee IS my breakfast: I drink it with cream and coconut oil on an empty stomach. Also, I eat a lot of meat.
I'd find out your iron status before panicking.
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I looked up the link and it mentioned several factors that may affect how much the tea or coffee inhibit iron absorption:
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Thus, coffee and caffeinated drinks are more likely to inhibit the absorption of non-heme iron from plant-based foods but have very little effect on heme iron from animal foods.
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So, eat more meat indeed!
Thanks,
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