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How much orange juice should I drink to help absorb iron from spinach?
Spinach is sometimes considered a good source of iron, especially when paired with ascorbic acid (vitamin C) as described in this answer.
If I am consuming spinach by blending it up in a smoothie, ...
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How to obtain the best iron absorption from spinach?
I've heard that while spinach contains plentiful amounts of iron, the iron content is hard for the human body to digest.
Spinach contains oxalic acid that binds with some of the iron, making it ...
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