Thanks for your question!
A health study on this says that unless you are already iron deficient, you don't really have to worry about drinking tea. Western populations tend to have adequate iron stores:
http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v56/n5/abs/1601309a.html
And here's what Consumer Reports Health has to say about it:
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/health/2008/03/qa-iron-blockin.html
Does that help? Do you know if you already have an iron deficiency, or were you just concerned about whether tea drinking might cause one?
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Thanks for your question!
A health study on this says that unless you are already iron deficient, you don't really have to worry about drinking tea. Western populations tend to have adequate iron stores:
http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v56/n5/abs/1601309a.html
And here's what Consumer Reports Health has to say about it:
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/health/2008/03/qa-iron-blockin.html
Does that help? Do you know if you already have an iron deficiency, or were you just concerned about whether tea drinking might cause one?
June 16, 2009 - 9:16amThis Comment
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