http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/12/when-life-hands-you-anemia-make-chili/ (and what's eating me) Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:37:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/12/when-life-hands-you-anemia-make-chili/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Tamara Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:49:05 +0000 http://www.tamaraduker.com/?p=1850#comment-942 Your vegan brother in law is correct. There's a compound in coffee called chlorogenic acid that inhibits absorption of vegetarian (non-heme) iron. Also, a compound called myricetin (in wine, tea, berries) will have a similar effect. Note that neither of these compounds will impact iron absorption from meat (heme iron) because heme iron has a different absorption pathway. Good call on the octopus! a 3oz portion has 8mg of iron. Your vegan brother in law is correct. There’s a compound in coffee called chlorogenic acid that inhibits absorption of vegetarian (non-heme) iron. Also, a compound called myricetin (in wine, tea, berries) will have a similar effect. Note that neither of these compounds will impact iron absorption from meat (heme iron) because heme iron has a different absorption pathway. Good call on the octopus! a 3oz portion has 8mg of iron.

]]> http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/12/when-life-hands-you-anemia-make-chili/comment-page-1/#comment-941 caffettiera Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:59:57 +0000 http://www.tamaraduker.com/?p=1850#comment-941 Very interesting post, as usual. My vegan brother-in-law told me that coffee influences negatively iron absorption, do you know if this is true? For him meeting iron needs is indeed a challenge. Also my husband 'needs' red meat for iron, even if we don't really like it. he is prone to low iron levels and that is the main reason we don't go 100% vegetarian (funny enough, my iron level are always higher despite the fact that I am a woman).... I also found out that a very good source of iron is octopus, if you like fish and the likes. Very interesting post, as usual. My vegan brother-in-law told me that coffee influences negatively iron absorption, do you know if this is true? For him meeting iron needs is indeed a challenge. Also my husband ‘needs’ red meat for iron, even if we don’t really like it. he is prone to low iron levels and that is the main reason we don’t go 100% vegetarian (funny enough, my iron level are always higher despite the fact that I am a woman)…. I also found out that a very good source of iron is octopus, if you like fish and the likes.

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