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Results 1 - 10 of 35 for Absorption of food
  1. Vitamin B12 From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)  
    ... disease . These drugs can interfere with vitamin B12 absorption from food by slowing the release of hydrochloric acid into the stomach, leading to vitamin B12 deficiency. Gastric acid inhibitors include ... reduce vitamin B12 absorption and lower blood levels of vitamin B12. Tell ...
  2. ... body to help wounds heal, to enhance the absorption of iron from plant foods, and to support the immune system. It works ...
  3. ... deficiency.Folic acidFolic acid supplements can change the absorption of zinc from food. But normal supplemental doses of folic acid are ... IronIron and zinc can interfere with each other's absorption. To avoid this effect, ... with food.MagnesiumHigh doses of zinc supplements (142 mg/day), ...
  4. Black tea appears to reduce absorption of iron from foods. Drinking black tea in between meals rather than with meals should reduce this concern. Adding milk to black tea appears to ...
  5. Vitamin C From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)  
    ... wounds heal. In addition, vitamin C improves the absorption of iron from plant-based foods and helps the immune system work properly to ...
  6. ... Fucus vesiculosus with strontium supplements might reduce the absorption of strontium.
  7. ... inhibitors. It works by increasing the movement of food and waste through the stomach and intestines, thereby reducing phosphate absorption.
  8. ... pear cactus.Oleic acidGymnema might decrease the body's absorption of oleic acid.
  9. Iron From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)  
    ... of nonheme iron that the body absorbs from food. Calcium might interfere with iron absorption. Taking calcium and iron supplements at different times ...
  10. ... from vegetable oils, nuts, and other plant-based foods cannot be removed from the body normally). Ezetimibe is in a class of medications called cholesterol-lowering medications. It works by preventing the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine.Accumulation of cholesterol ...
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