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Re:"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid that computation is too carb... by harimau777 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @09:22AM (#39383017)
The page that I linked is about iron, but when I wrote my message I accidentally said "protein". I corrected my post, thanks for the catch.
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Re:"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid that computation is too carb... by chongli on Thursday February 15, 2024 @09:29AM (#39383097)
Vegetable sources of iron are called non-heme iron, in contrast to meat which is heme iron. Heme iron is readily absorbed and used by the body whereas non-heme iron is not [1]. Note that this applies to humans, not other animals. Cows are far better at absorbing these nutrients from plant sources than we are.

[1] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/iron/

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