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NAIROBI: Last week I wrote about how one can improve their iron levels by increasing their intake of iron rich sources.
When it comes to meatless diets, apart from the fact that plant sources contain non-heme iron which is less efficiently absorbed than heme iron from animal sources, another aspect of concern when it comes to iron is ‘bio-availability’. This means that what percentage of iron taken in is actually available for the body to use.
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