🌱MILK THISTLE:⁣⁣
Milk thistle contains silybin, which is a potential iron chelator (Hutchinson et al., 2018).⁣⁣⁣
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☕️ COFFEE WITH MEALS:⁣⁣
Polyphenols present in coffee inhibit iron absorption during a meal in a dose-dependent manner (Layrisse et al., 2000)⁣⁣⁣
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💊ASPIRIN:⁣⁣
Aspirin has iron-chelating properties, and thus, when combined with iron rich foods, may reduce iron absorption (Schwarz et al., 1988). ⁣⁣⁣
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ZINC SUPPLEMENTS:⁣⁣
Use of a modest zinc supplement improves zinc indices, but also appears to induce a cellular iron deficiency and, possibly, further reduce iron status (Donangelo et al., 2002).⁣⁣⁣
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5. TURMERIC/CURCUMIN⁣⁣
Consistent with the hypothesis that curcumin acts as an iron chelator, mice that were fed diets supplemented with curcumin exhibited a decline in levels of ferritin protein in the liver (Jiao et al., 2006).⁣⁣⁣
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🌶CHILLI:⁣⁣
One study demonstrated that freeze-dried, ground chili pepper (14.2 g fresh wt; 25 mg polyphenols as gallic acid equivalents) reduced iron absorption from a basic rice and vegetable meal by 38% (P = 0.0017) (Tuntipopipat et al., 2006).⁣⁣⁣
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☕️BLACK TEA WITH MEALS:⁣⁣
Black tea is known to be a potent inhibitor of intestinal absorption of non-haem iron at least in healthy subjects (Kaltwasser et al., 1998).⁣⁣⁣
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🍇CRANBERRY SUPPLEMENTS:⁣⁣
The strong iron-binding properties of the predicted “iron-binding motif” in phenolic compounds present in cranberries and other plants have been confirmed (Guoa et al., 2007).⁣⁣⁣
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🍼CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS:⁣⁣⁣
Pre-menopausal women with low Iron stores show significant inhibition of non-haem Iron absorption with co-consumption of a typical calcium supplement (Benkhedda et al., 2009).⁣⁣⁣
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💥TAKEAWAY:⁣⁣⁣
Reducing Iron levels in the body can be both useful and disadvantageous. This is why Iron status should be carefully monitored.⁣⁣⁣
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