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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1242224" data-attributes="member: 5171"><a href="http://www.mycustompak.com/healthNotes/Concern/Iron_Deficiency.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mycustompak.com/healthNotes/Concern/Iron_Deficiency.htm</a>Not perfect, but if you do a search for "Tea", you'll find something that says:"Vegetarians eat less iron than non-vegetarians, and the iron they eat is somewhat less absorbable. As a result, vegetarians are more likely to have reduced iron stores.2 Vegetarians can increase their iron intake by emphasizing iron-containing foods within their diet (see above), or in some cases by supplementing iron, if needed.Coffee interferes with the absorption of iron.3 However, moderate intake of coffee (4 cups per day) may not adversely affect risk of iron-deficiency anemia when the diet contains adequate amounts of iron and vitamin C.4 Black tea contains tannins that strongly inhibit the absorption of non-heme iron. In fact, this iron-blocking effect is so effective that drinking black tea can help treat hemochromatosis, a disease of iron overload.5 Consequently, people who are iron deficient should avoid drinking tea."Non-heme iron is, if I'm not mistaken, a fancy way of saying "iron that doesn't come from meat".  So, if you're eating meat and getting iron that way, all is good.  But if you're a vegetarian, and you get most of your iron from spinach and broccoli and other green vegetables, drinking tea during or right after dinner is not a great idea.Anyway, that's what my dietician told me (when my mom made me go see one after I became anemic <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ).  I just got that link from doing a google search of "iron deficiency tea".  If it turns out to be an old wives' tale, my bad, but I've seen it in at least somewhat scientific sources.</blockquote>

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