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   This chart is as misleading as the first time jay stevens,aka dr. jai   
   etc. posted it.  What it does not show is that the form of iron   
   compounds found in plant sources is far less available then those in   
   animal sources.   
      
   The animal sources are easily absorbed during digestion while plant   
   sources are not and pass through the gut unabsorbed.  One must pay very   
   careful attention to the combination of plant sources in ordr for enough   
   iron to be absorbed.  Some combinations help and others hurt absorbption   
   of iron.   
      
   People who have animal sources in their diet on a regular basis don't   
   have low iron problems.  In fact too much use of animal products out of   
   balance with other foods causes one to be on the risky high side in iron   
   levels.   
      
   That is why low iron is the world's number one health problem because   
   for cultural or poverty reasons most of the world has a mostly plant   
   based diet.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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