Iron Absorption From The Whole Diet: Comparison Of The Effect Of Two D
Iron Absorption from the Whole Diet: Comparison of the Effect of Two Different
Distributions of Daily Calcium Intake
Todd Bowen
Human Biology
Today December 5, 1996
Hypothesis - If a woman distributes her daily intake of calcium by having less
of it in her lunch and dinner meals and more in her breakfast and evening meals,
then this would reduce the inhibitory effects calcium has on heme iron and
nonheme iron absorption.
Background Information - This experiment is one of many that addresses calcium's
inhibitory affects on iron absorption. In 1994, the Consensus Development Panel
in Optimal Calcium Intake suggested an increase of the current Recommended
Dietary Allowances of calcium(Whiting, p.77). This goal of this increase was to
aid in the prevention of osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Unfortunately,
this attempt at prevention could have an adverse affect on the human body's
ability to absorb iron.
Recent studies have shown that eating a normal daily allowance of......
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