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by klodolph 2734 days ago
> Any source on that?

Personal correspondence with a nutrition PhD. Not going to identify for unrelated reasons.

> Wouldnd't the presence of an acid-neutralizing ingredient like milk negatively affect this process?

Milk is acidic in the first place. In either case, it doesn’t raise the pH of your stomach very much.

> Could you be a bit more precise when you say "short-term"?

Short enough that the effect is gone before you finish digesting the meal.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21462112/

From what I gather, there were some studies that claimed that calcium interferes with iron absorption, and it’s clear that it does, but it might not have much of an effect on nutrition.

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Thanks, appreciate the follow-up!