Sentences with phrase «nonheme iron provides»

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For most vegetarian diets, the enhancing effect of ascorbic acid on nonheme iron absorption is unlikely to counteract the absence of unidentified enhancers provided by meat and the likely increased consumption of inhibitors.

Animal tissue such as meat, poultry and fish provide mostly heme iron, which is more readily absorbed than nonheme iron, the type found in egg yolks and plant - based foods.