Mineral
When eaten in a salad with chicken and mandarin oranges, this leafy green will be an optimal source of iron.
What is spinach?
The body’s ability to absorb the nutrient into the digestive tract and use it.
What is bioavailability?
Binders that lower the bioavailability of minerals.
What are phytates, oxalates and tannins?
If you consume eggs raw, this vitamin will be unavailable for absorption.
What is biotin?
These vitamins have a higher bioavailability when there is at least a small amount of dietary fat consumed at the same time.
What are fat-soluble vitamins?
This mineral is best absorbed from a heme source.
What is iron?
This vitamin requires intrinsic factor in order to be absorbed.
What is Vitamin B12?
How do you prepare foods to preserve the most vitamins?
-Cut fruits and vegetables close to cooking and serving times
-Minimize water in preparation
-Don’t add baking soda
This mineral has the most bioavailability with animal sources.
What is calcium?
This vitamin is more bioavailable in its synthetic form.
What is folate?
What is the effect of minerals with similar charges?
They compete for absorption.
Substances that interfere with the absorption of iodine.
What are goitrogens?
Non-heme iron absorption can increased by two to threefold in the presence of 25 to 35 milligrams of this vitamin.
What is vitamin C?