Does calcium inhibit iron absorption?

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Sparked from another thread that is so busy I don't know if anyone would answer. Just wondering whether I have been conned all these years buying cereal etc fortified with iron and then negating it by serving it with milk? I know non-animal sources of iron have to be taken with vitamin c to aid absorption but had never heard of calcuim being a problem. Anyone link to any stats?

yes, it does

article with references here

this also claims that wheat and other things can inhibit absorption, which makes cereal even worse I guess!

although, heme iron is less affected. obviously that won't be in cereel but if you have meat anyway you're prob ok

Thanks! We eat meat anyway but was always relieved that cereal contained added iron and a top-up, wish I had known this sooner.

wheat (gluten) affects absorption of a lot of nutrients, dairy prob less so - the industry likes to make it sound healthy by all those nutrition labels, but what they don't tell you is that intake absorption